Anti-encroachment operation: CDA retrieves govt land

ISLAMABAD: The enforcement directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) carried out an operation against illegal constructions in the capital’s newly opened sectors of C-15 and C-16 in Dhoke Madu and Dhoke Nusrat. Officials demolished 104 rooms constructed on the authority’s land and retrieved 25 kanals from illegal occupants.  A heavy contingent of police was also present for assistance of CDA staff. During another operation, enforcement staff demolished a market comprising five shops built on CDA land near Sangjani Toll Plaza along the GT Road.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2015.