CDA anti-encroachment drive

ISLAMABAD: Acting on the instructions of the agency’s chairman, retired Capt. Muhammad Usman Yunus, director general of the enforcement squad at Capital Development Authority (CDA) assigned several tasks to the personnel to remove illegal constructions.

Separately, a truckload of equipment was confiscated after removing the encroachments from a local building. The owner had been issued several notices after which the CDA took action under the building by-laws, the agency said.

The anti-encroachment staff launched the operation in the G-10 sector and demolished illegally constructed boundary wall and structures on the government land.

Taking action against encroachment on a green belt in Sector G-7/3-4, goods were seized; a drain was narrowed in D-17 Sector; and a notice was served on the supervisor of the society to stop construction.

Similarly, notices were also served on several illegal structures being constructed near Sangjani. A piece of government land near the Express Highway was also reclaimed.

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