Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI,:The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) had sealed a pharmaceutical unit on High Court Road over violations of building bylaws. According to an RDA spokesperson, on the directions of Director General RDA Kinza Murtaza, the enforcement squad sealed honing pharmaceutical company over violations of land use and construction bylaws.The action was part of RDA’s ongoing campaign to ensure strict compliance with zoning and regulatory frameworks across the city.The company was functioning without proper approvals and was in clear violation of existing zoning regulations.Kinza Murtaza said that RDA was committed to upholding the law and maintaining order in the city’s development.This decisive move underscores RDA’s zero-tolerance policy towards unauthorised commercial activities and illegal constructions.She said that the actions follow direct instructions from the Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who had mandated a zero-tolerance policy on encroachments and illegal developments.The RDA also calls on the public to cooperate in preserving encroachment-free areas and contribute to making Rawalpindi’s streets safer, more accessible, and free of unnecessary congestion, she added.The DG RDA directed the LU&BC Wing to take strict action against illegal commercial activities without any fear or favour.She also directed the Building Control Wing to conduct survey for fees approval of illegal residential and commercial buildings, commercialization, complementary maps, plans of buildings and regularize all illegal residential cum commercial buildings in the controlled area of RDA.
