LDA razes four illegal buildings, seals others, Source

LAHORE - Staff of Town Planning Wing of Lahore Development Authority has demolished a total of four buildings and sealed other two during an operation against illegal constructions on Wednesday.

The LDA staff demolished an under-construction building on plot No. 6 of Ghee Corporation Society situated on Khyban-e-Jinnah because it was being built in violation of the building plan approved by LDA. No building plan had been got approved for Plot No. 47 of this society.

Therefore, the structure being constructed on this plot was also demolished. Building constructed on plot No. 5 was sealed as it had also been constructed in violation of the approved building plan.

In the PIA Housing Society, the LDA Staff demolished an under construction building on residential plot No. 97-G as no building plan had been got approved for it. Under construction buildings on Plot No. 133-B/I, was also demolished because of the same reason where as the building completed on plot No. 17-F was sealed as no building plan had been approved for this illegal commercial building.

The LDA staff also demolished temporary encroachments set up illegally in a park in front of Shahid Nihari in the same area.

During the ongoing anti-encroachments drive in the city, the staff of the Estate Management Directorate Quaid-e-Azam Town, LDA, demolished as many as 150 concrete platforms in Main Bazar Township. Five trucks load of goods including counters and stalls were also confiscated at this occasion.