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The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) continued with its anti-encroachment drive in the city on Saturday. Under the drive, LDA staff demolished a house and sealed five properties after declaring them illegal. It may be noted that the LDA had already served notices to the owners of the properties who had failed to establish their ownership to the properties under their occupation.
Accordingly, final notices were issued to them, followed by demolition of a house and sealing of another five properties in the area of Johar Town. A heavy contingent of police was also present on the occasion to avoid any untoward situation. Director Town Planning Muhammad Azhar supervised the drive.
A recent report released by the district administration of Lahore has stated that 3,757 kanals of land was retrieved during the on-going anti-encroachment drive in the provincial capital. Meanwhile, the district administration Lahore has retrieved land worth more than Rs 16 billion till date. During the operation, 182 kanals of land belonging to Lahore Development Authority (LDA), 354 kanals of land belonging to forest department and 663 kanals of land belonging to the Ring Road Authority were retrieved, the report stated. Further, the spokesman shared that 2,556 kanals of land belonging to the revenue department and two kanals of land belonging to the National Highway Authority was also retrieved.
The spokesman added the operation is underway in five tehsils against land mafia. The drive against land mafia and illegal encroachments in Lahore was launched a day after the Supreme Court ordered the Ministry of Interior to place alleged land grabber Mansha Bomb and his sons on the Exit Control List. During the first two days of the operation, the LDA demolished the furniture market of land grabber Mansha Bomb and retrieved over 25 showrooms and 20 commercial plots in the market located at the PIA road.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018

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