SEPA directs builder to halt construction
Suspends construction of a building on Abdul Sattar Edhi Avenue in Defence Housing Authority phase-VIII
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KARACHI:
The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued an Environmental Protection Order (EPO) to Messrs Creek Marina Builders and Developers, directing the company to suspend construction of a building on Abdul Sattar Edhi Avenue in Defence Housing Authority phase-VIII, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to the EPO, the company has been served the notice over its failure to file the mandatory environmental impact assessment (EIA), as required by the law.
Besides, SEPA director-general Naeem Ahmed Mughal has maintained in the EPO that the builder in question was offered an opportunity of a personal hearing on February 15, 2021, to submit a reply over the company s non-compliance with the SEPA Act, 2014.
Ban imposed on motor boating in Rawal Lake
Islamabad
December 21, 2020
Islamabad : The local administration has imposed a ban on mechanical/motorised boating that is causing contamination and pollution in the water of Rawal Lake.
An official order Reader/AC (Sectt)/184 issued by the office of the Assistant Commissioner states “It has come to the knowledge that certain people are involved in mechanical/motorized boating at Rawal Dam Islamabad, which is causing contamination and pollution to the water of the Rawal Lake.”
“There are sufficient grounds for proceedings under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 and immediate prevention and the speedy remedy is justified and the directions hereinafter appear are necessary,” it said.