Notices issued over illegal housing societies

The authority issued notices to several companies to stop illegal advertisements housing schemes

RAWALPINDI:

The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on the directives of Director General (DG) Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa has directed the marketing companies to stop advertisements of illegal housing schemes.

According to an RDA spokesperson, the authority had issued notices to several marketing companies and directed them to stop advertisements of illegal housing schemes.

He said the Metropolitan Planning and Traffic Engineering (MP&TE) Directorate RDA had issued notices to the owners of YouTube channels and marketing companies and instructed them to stop advertisements of illegal housing schemes on YouTube Channels and other social media platforms.

He said illegal housing schemes were using YouTube Channels and other platforms for publicity of illegal projects.

The publicity campaign of illegal housing schemes which are not approved by RDA is illegal and a violation of rule 46 (1) of Punjab Development Authorities Private Housing Scheme Rules-2021, he added.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 25^th, 2023.