July 3, 2021
Rawalpindi : Under the direction of the Director General (DG) Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), Land Use and Building Control Wing (LU&BC) Wing RDA taking strict action against illegal constructed buildings.
LU&BC Wing conducted operation against illegal land use and demolished illegally constructed shed at Jinnah Road (City Saddar Road), Mohanpura, says a press release.
LU&BC Wing’s staff including Building superintendent, Building inspectors and others carried out the operation with the assistance of police from the concerned police station and demolished above mentioned illegal commercial building.
The LU&BC Wing incharge Jamshaid Aftab said this construction was done in violation of Punjab Development of Cities Act 1976 and RDA Building and Zoning Regulations, 2020. He said notices and challans have been issued to the owners of illegal constructed buildings.
Currently, the CDA is using the under-developed I-12 sector as a landfill site.
“We have sent a letter to Pak-EPA, requesting it to carry out the EIA,” said Civic Management Deputy Director General Sarwar Sindhu.
Speaking to Dawn, he said the CDA would set up a temporary landfill site in H-16.
Sources said citizens of the area had objected to the new proposed landfill site, saying it should be set up in an abandoned area instead of a residential sector.
Residents raise objection, want site outside residential area
“Yes, we have received some objections but that are not substantive as CDA has the authority to set up the landfill site in H-16, which is an institutional sector,” he said.
Land mafia threatened him with removal and govt acted on it
July 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: In August 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan assigned a task to one of his MPAs from Rawalpindi, Chaudhry Muhammad Adnan. He was then Parliamentary Secretary (Revenue). Identification and recovery of grabbed state land was his task.
In November 2020, Adnan wrote to the PM saying the land mafia threatened him that he would be de-notified if he continued working against them. Before this letter, he had also informed the Punjab chief minister about this threat. In December 2020, just a month after his letter to the PM, the land mafia’s threat was translated into reality. Adnan’s revenue portfolio was de-notified.
Land mafia threatened MPA of removal and govt acted on it
July 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: In August 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan assigned a task to one of his MPAs from Rawalpindi, Chaudhry Muhammad Adnan. He was then Parliamentary Secretary (Revenue). Identification and recovery of grabbed state land was his task.
In November 2020, Adnan wrote to the PM saying the land mafia threatened him that he would be de-notified if he continued working against them. Before this letter, he had also informed the Punjab chief minister about this threat. In December 2020, just a month after his letter to the PM, the land mafia’s threat was translated into reality. Adnan’s revenue portfolio was de-notified.
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