Gas, power utilities urged to avoid illegal housing schemes
The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Friday asked Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) and PTCL, not to extend their services to illegal housing schemes.
The authority has decided to take strict action against illegal housing schemes, development work and construction of illegal booking and site offices without any discrimination.
RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza and Director General (DG) Ammara Khan in a meeting held on Friday directed the Metropolitan Planning and Traffic Engineering (MP&TE) Directorate to take strict action against violators.
The citizens have been advised again not to invest in illegal and unauthorised housing scheme.
The top officials of the RDA asked people to check the authority’s website to ascertain the nature of the housing scheme where they want to invest their savings.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 4th, 2020.