During a visit to the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI), Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President of ICCI, highlighted how encroachments in markets are obstructing the growth of business activities.
He suggested that the DMA should collaborate with market associations to create a weekly schedule to survey local markets and remove encroachments.
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He also mentioned the need for parking facilities, sewerage system replacement, footpath repair, road carpeting, and streetlight revival, which should be conveyed to the Chairman CDA to address. Yasir Farhad, Director Municipal Administration, CDA, expressed his willingness to facilitate traders in promoting trade activities and work with market associations to address their issues regarding encroachments.
He added that DMA has cancelled all licenses for business on green and open areas and that he would take ICCI and market associations on board to address the encroachments and other issues in markets. Other representatives from various markets also gave useful proposals to address DMA-related issues.
