ABBOTTABAD: Director General Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) Asif Khan has said an anti-encroachment drive would be launched to remove illegal constructions along the N-15 (expressway) and from the bed of River Kunhar to make the Kaghan and Naran valleys more attractive for local and foreign tourists. He was speaking during a meeting called by Hazara division commissioner Riaz Khan Mehsud here the other day. The KDA director general said owners of hotels and restaurants had been asked not to throw garbage into the River Kunhar. He said steps were afoot to protect the national parks in the valleys, manage traffic, rehabilitate the Karakoram highway and other roads. He said KDA would get R200 million grant in aid. He also briefed the participants about transfer of forest waste land, allocation of funds for establishment of a walnut oil extraction mill, tulip nursery, state-of-the-art rest areas in Malkandi and a school of fisheries and aquatics. The meeting was called following Prime

  Town Planning Wing of the Lahore Development Authority, during its ongoing drive against illegal construction and encroachments, demolished several structures and buildings in various housing schemes here on Tuesday Town Planning Wing of the  Lahore  Development Authority, during its ongoing drive against illegal construction and encroachments, demolished several structures and buildings in various  housing  schemes here on Tuesday. Special squads of TP Wing-V with the help of enforcement wing and  police  launched the operation. The squads used heavy machinery to demolish a number of illegally constructed shops along Raisins  Road  near Thokar Niaz Beg. Later, an operation clean-up was conducted in Mohlanwal  Housing  Scheme where several structures and a building were razed. Following the direction of authorities in  Punjab Government , the LDA launched crack down in private and  government   housing  schemes against encroachments and illegally constructed buildings. During the cra

LAHORE: Despite tall claims of the government to protect green areas, grave concerns expressed by the civil society over consumption of the agriculture land for commercial purposes and court orders against it, hundreds of illegal housing schemes/projects already developed or being established currently on green areas, including about 230 such schemes in Lahore and its adjoining districts, are likely to be legalised/approved under a recent ordinance promulgated in the province. The move, it is alleged, is set to benefit the powerful land mafia, which succeeded in purchasing huge chunks of land in the green areas around Lahore and other divisions. The land mafia has developed or is in the process of developing housing schemes in violation of the land use rules and the cities’ master plans. After the promulgation of the ordinance, titled “The Punjab Commission for Regularization of Irregular Housing Schemes Ordinance-2021” on April 9, another related to squeezing the LDA’s jurisdiction to

  LDA Demolishes Structures Of 12 Illegal Housing Schemes The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Metropolitan Planning Wing Private Housing Scheme's squad Tuesday demolished structures in 12 illegal housing schemes at Shahzada Road and Ferozepur Road The  Lahore  Development Authority (LDA) Metropolitan Planning Wing Private  Housing  Scheme's squad Tuesday demolished structures in 12 illegal  housing  schemes at Shahzada  Road  and Ferozepur  Road . According to a spokesperson for the LDA here, the Authority demolished under-construction roads, sewerage system, green-belts and other infrastructure of  Al-Bashir Homes,  Al-Fajar City,  Al-Noor Park,  Chughtai Garden,  Engineer Park,  Hamza Town,  Ammad Garden,  Shaheen Garden,  Pearl Garden,  Naseeb Abad,  Kahna Canal View, and Al-Jannat Homes (Iqbal block). The LDA also sealed office of these illegal  housing  schemes.