Work begins to fence off Park Enclave-II

Tenders for development work to be issued soon

ISLAMABAD: Having retrieved land from encroachers, the apex civic authority of the federal capital has started fencing off Park Enclave-II. Officials at the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday said that the fence will be erected around 10,050 running feet of Park Enclave-II. To support the fence, they said that some 1,050 poles will be erected.

So far, they said that around 3,000 running feet of the fence has been erected with 300 poles.

They added that the authority had to work to retrieve around 450 kanals of land in the enclave from encroachers and landgrabbers and that the fence will help keep these people from re-occupying the land.

CDA Officials added that with development activities in Park Enclave-I now nearing completion, the authority is turning its attention towards developing Park Enclave-II now with tenders for development work there are likely to be issued soon.

Streets have been marked in the area while a project concept-I (PC-I) for developing infrastructure in the enclave was approved by the CDA’s Development Working Party (CDA-DWP) in a recent meeting.

Earlier in April, alignment for about a kilometre of Street 1 (50’ wide) was earmarked with the help of machinery provided by CDA’s Machine Pool Organisation (MPO). Instructions were also issued to take possession of land in the enclave at the earliest so that development work can commence. The Park Enclave project was originally launched in 2011 but development activities there remained stalled for a long time.

Notices issued to officers

Meanwhile, the CDA has issued show-cause notices to 13 of its officers for inefficiency and misconduct after they allegedly processed upgrade, re-designation and change of cadre cases without observing the authority’s policy and rules.

The notices were issued under Regulation 8.03 (a & b) of the CDA Employees Service Regulation 1992 and in light of recommendations of a fact-finding inquiry committee.

The committee found that the cases were processed without observing the set procedure and named the officers who had processed the cases.

Should they fail to offer a cogent explanation within 14 days, the officers will be liable to disciplinary action, including dismissal from service.

If the officers fail to respond, they will be deemed to have no defence to offer or have declined to offer it, accepting the charges against them. Action against them shall be taken unilaterally.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2020.