7,000 illegal structures destroyed in one year

The Directorate of Enforcement Capital Development Authority (CDA) demolished over 7,000 illegal structures in the markets, roads, green belts, and sidewalk tracks in the federal capital during the last year.

“During the operation, around 12,137 items of encroachers have also been confiscated, subsequently these articles are auctioned. Besides, fines worth Rs4.876 million have also been recovered from trespassers as a penalty,” sources in the CDA told APP.

They said CDA launched as many as 1,363 anti-encroachment operations in ICT during the last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2023.