RDA demolishes illegal under construction buildings
5-4-2024
Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on the directives of the Director General (DG), Kinza Murtaza has demolished under construction commercial buildings in a housing scheme in Rawalpindi. According to an RDA spokesman, the Enforcement Squad RDA carried out an operation against unauthorised and illegal commercial buildings and demolished under construction commercial buildings being constructed at plots in the housing scheme. He said that the Enforcement Squad of RDA including the Deputy Director Building Control, in-charge/Assistant Director Building Control, Building Inspectors and others carried out the operation against illegal commercial buildings. The spokesman said that earlier taking legal action five notices were issued to the owners of the properties who had violated approved building plans/maps, violated the Punjab Development of Cities Act 1976 and RDA Building and Zoning Regulations 2020. The owners constructed illegal commercial buildings without approval and No Objection Certificates (NOCs), he added. He said that the DG had directed the LU&BC Wing to take strict action against encroachments, illegal and unauthorised constructions and commercial activities without any discrimination.