Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) with the assistance of ICT administration and Islamabad Poilce conducting operations against the land mafia without any discrimination. In this regard, CDA, district administration and Islamabad Police conducted joint operation against the qabza mafia in Meraberi (Chontra). During the operation, qabza mafia opened fired and pelted stones on officers and officials of CDA and Islamabad.
On Monday, CDA Enforcement, Land and Rehabilitation, Islamabad Police started operation with the support of the administration. Five houses were demolished when miscreants started firing, injuring one of the protestors there. It is pertinent to mention here that negotiations were also held with the genuine affectees of the area to demolish the houses constructed after 2004. After the negotiations, the operation started today, when the non-locals took the law into their hands and opened fire under the guise of the genuine affectees.
It is pertinent to mention here that the land award of MeraBari (Chontra) was announced in 1969. Rehabilitation benefits and compensations have been paid to affectees in lieu of acquired land. According to the 1985 SUPARCO map, there were a total of 30 houses. In 2004, when this land was handed over by the CDA to the concerned department for further use, there were 342 houses at that time. At present there are nearly 15 to 20 families who are local and genuine affectees. The remaining 80 percent are non-locals or have either purchased CDA-acquired land through stamp papers or are living on rent in houses built by local people.
