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14 face FIRs for road encroachments, wrong parkingNikhil BhardwajTribune News ServiceLudhiana, October 13With the aim of easing traffic snarls on the city roads during the festive season, the police have started registering FIRs against shopkeepers, autorickshaw-pullers and rehriwalas for encroachments. As many as 14 FIRs have been registered by the police since yesterday. The drive has been launched on the instructions of Police Commissioner Rakesh Agrawal. Sikand said the purpose of registering these FIRs was to prevent traffic jams during the festive season and the drive would continue in future. The ADCP said apart from 10 FIRs registered by the Ludhiana police till yesterday, four cases had been registered till late in the evening today..