Public Spaces: 40km more cleared of encroachments
LDA tore down shops and other structures built on state land without approval.
LAHORE:
The city district government removed illegal structures in all nine towns of the city on Wednesday, clearing some 40 kilometres of roads as the anti-encroachment drive continued.
Officials of the town municipal administrations and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), acting on instruction from the district coordination officer (DCO), tore down shops and other structures built on state land without approval.
Sources in the city government said that the anti-encroachment teams lodged first information reports against encroachers in various areas. They also seized five truckloads of materials.
The DCO directed the towns to closely monitor areas in their jurisdiction where encroachments had been removed, so that the encroachers do not return and set up shop again.
The city government launched its anti-encroachment drive last year. It has since cleared several roads, markets and neighbourhoods in Lahore of structures built on state-owned land without planning permission.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 7th, 2011.
The city district government removed illegal structures in all nine towns of the city on Wednesday, clearing some 40 kilometres of roads as the anti-encroachment drive continued.
Officials of the town municipal administrations and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), acting on instruction from the district coordination officer (DCO), tore down shops and other structures built on state land without approval.
Sources in the city government said that the anti-encroachment teams lodged first information reports against encroachers in various areas. They also seized five truckloads of materials.
The DCO directed the towns to closely monitor areas in their jurisdiction where encroachments had been removed, so that the encroachers do not return and set up shop again.
The city government launched its anti-encroachment drive last year. It has since cleared several roads, markets and neighbourhoods in Lahore of structures built on state-owned land without planning permission.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 7th, 2011.