Plaza construction: Traders protest against CDA by-laws
Farooqia market is located in the city’s posh Sector F-6/1 residential area
ISLAMABAD:
Traders of Farooqia Market in the capital on Saturday protested the construction of a plaza in the market in violation of the civic agency’s building bylaws.
Farooqia market is located in the city’s posh Sector F-6/1 residential area.
Addressing a protest meeting of the traders, Anjuman-e-Tijaran Pakistan President Ajmal Baloch the alignment of a plaza could not be changed in any Class-III Shopping Centre, but the plaza was being constructed with its entry towards the main road in connivance with Capital Development Authority (CDA) Building Control Section staff.
He alleged that corruption in CDA has adversely affected its performance due to which many illegal constructions were cropping up in the federal capital.
He appealed to Member Planning CDA to investigate illegal construction of said plaza and order for immediate stoppage of its construction work.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2016.
Traders of Farooqia Market in the capital on Saturday protested the construction of a plaza in the market in violation of the civic agency’s building bylaws.
Farooqia market is located in the city’s posh Sector F-6/1 residential area.
Addressing a protest meeting of the traders, Anjuman-e-Tijaran Pakistan President Ajmal Baloch the alignment of a plaza could not be changed in any Class-III Shopping Centre, but the plaza was being constructed with its entry towards the main road in connivance with Capital Development Authority (CDA) Building Control Section staff.
He alleged that corruption in CDA has adversely affected its performance due to which many illegal constructions were cropping up in the federal capital.
He appealed to Member Planning CDA to investigate illegal construction of said plaza and order for immediate stoppage of its construction work.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 29th, 2016.