RDA tears down five illegal structures

The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) carried out an operation against unauthorised and illegal commercial buildings and demolished five under-construction commercial buildings and sealed 11 commercial buildings on Shahpur Syedan Road.

A spokesperson for the RDA said that teams along with police carried out the operation against illegal commercial buildings and sealed Ayub Plaza, Ma Sha Allah Building Material, Building Material, Eshan Hair Saloon, Saim Laundry and Dry Cleaner, Naan Centre, Good Luck Bakers and Sweets, Al-Quddus Tailors, Wadi Naan Centre, a restaurant, Shahpur Karyana Store and Best Price Store.

He said that the owners of the demolished properties named Shahid and Tahir Shah and the owners of the sealed illegal commercial buildings named Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Aqib Hanif, Muhammad Akbar Ayub, Waseem, Manzoor, Muhammad Javed, Muhammad Naveed, Arshad Mehmood, Touqeer, Malik Hassan, Maroof, Safdar Shah, Yaqoob, Qadeer and Sajjad had violated approved plans and maps and RDA Building and Zoning Regulations 2021 and constructed illegal buildings without approval and the no-objection certificates.

He said that the RDA also demolished the boundary wall of one illegal private housing scheme, Countryside Farms, at Moza Raatyal and Mohra Koyain, Chak Beli Khan Road.

The RDA also lodged an FIR against the owners of housing schemes named Countryside Farms and Countryside Residencia at Moza Kalyam Mughal, Rawat.

He said the owner of these two illegal housing schemes, Ejaz Jahangir, was running booking offices without the approval of the schemes in violation of the Punjab Private Housing Scheme Rules 2021.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 25^th, 2022.