Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI: On the direction of the Director General Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa, the Land Use and Building Control (LU&BC) Wing RDA has carried out an operation against unauthorized / illegal commercial buildings and sealed 50 shops and two Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations at Adyala Road Rawalpindi, RDA spokesman said.
He said that the grand operations against illegal housing schemes and unauthorized constructions are underway in full swing to control illegal development of projects.
He said that the LU&BC Wing’s staff including Assistant Director Building Control, Building Inspectors and others carried out the operation against illegal commercial buildings and have sealed above mentioned illegal commercial buildings.
He said that the owners of the above-mentioned properties have violated approved plans / maps and violating the Punjab Development of Cities Act 1976 and RDA Building and Zoning Regulations 2021 and constructed illegal commercial buildings without approval and No Objection Certificates (NOCs).
He said that the DG RDA has directed the LU&BC Wing to take strict action against encroachments, illegal and unauthorized constructions and commercial activities without any fear and favour.
He said that the DG RDA has also directed the Building Control Wing to conduct a survey regarding fees and charges for approval of illegal residential and commercial buildings, commercialization, complementary maps, plans of buildings and regularize all illegal residential cum commercial buildings at Adyala Road Rawalpindi.
The general public should also show moral responsibility and remove every type of encroachment as much as they can, so that they could avoid any further loss, he added.
