The Capital Development Authority demolished portions of a residential house built in violation of land use norms. PHOTO: ONLINE/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday demolished portions of a residential house built in violation of land use norms.
The owner of a house, located at Hill Road, Sector F-6/2, had dug out the basement of the house till the boundary line of its adjoining plot. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman also ordered the initiation of a departmental inquiry against the assistant director and the Building Control Section (BCS) inspector dealing with the area for negligence.
“The basement of the house was supported by 78 columns, while CDA building bylaws do not permit such a large number of columns in the basements of residential buildings.
“Such a high number of columns are required in commercial buildings,” said a CDA spokesperson, adding that the enforcement directorate and BCS completed the required paperwork before demolishing the illegal construction.
Meanwhile, the enforcement directorate also removed all stalls established on IJ Principal Road near Mandi Mor.
These encroachments cropped up on the southern side of Mandi Mor and IJ Principal Road after the green belt was cleared of encroachments and surrounded with barbed wire.
In another operation, the directorate retrieved four kanals of illegally-occupied land.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2014.
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