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CDA accelerates anti-encroachment operationsBreaking

January 31, 2023

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) anti-encroachments drive was in full swing as authority conducted operations in different federal Capital localities and seized four trucks of goods and also demolished several illegal builds outside the plot line of Zia Masjid sector. According to the details, the operation was started from Zia Masjid on Islamabad Express Highway, where hundreds of stalls were demolished and 4 truckloads of goods were seized with the help of district administration.

Quick operation drive has been initiated on the special direction of CDA Chairman Capt (Retd) Noor-ul-Amin Mengal, as he reviewed the ongoing works in CDA Islamabad and directed the DG Enforcement to remove the encroachments in the construction of IJP Road. In the light of the orders, DG Enforcement immediately called the revenue staff and reached the IJP Road with the anti-encroachment staff, where they monitored the process of marking the right-of-way of the road and placed traps on the encroachments on the road.

Apart from this, encroachments outside the plot line in Sector G-9, in which additional sheds, gate iron fences, etc. were also taken, and dozens of encorachment out side the houses on Neelum Road were demolished. Apart from this, some factory owners in Mauza Hamak Islamabad were throwing garbage in Darya Swan, they were issued written notices under CDA Ordinance 1960 Martial Law Regulation No. 63 and Environmental Protection Act 2008. Path of the vehicles bringing waste with heavy machinery was blocked by making pits with excavators Moreover, illegal constructions near Terlai Extension where Plot No. 4 is located near Jaba Teli area, the attempt to take possession was foiled by demolishing the constructions.

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