Illegal housing scheme’s offices razed
The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Metropolitan Planning and Traffic Engineering (MPTE) Directorate has demolished two site offices of an unauthorised housing society, a statement by the development authority said on Thursday. RDA officials also ran bulldozer over boundary walls and removed wall chalking and boards of the Margalla Hills Enclave in Mouza Mohra Shah Wali at GT Road near Taxila. RDA MPTE director has declared the Margala Hills Enclave illegal and unauthorised. The MPTE staff with the assistance of the police from police station concerned carried out the operation. The owner of this property was running illegal housing scheme’s booking offices and advertisements in violation of Punjab Private Housing schemes and Land Subdivision Rules 2010. RDA spokesman said RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza and Director General Ammara Khan directed the MPTE Directorate to take strict action against illegal housing schemes.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 3rd, 2020.