Lahore Development Authority (LDA) continued its campaign against illegal wedding hall in the city on the third day. Staff of Town Planning Wing of LDA sealed 18 wedding venues including two marquees at Township on Thursday.
These wedding sites had been constructed in violation of building by-laws. Building plan had not been got approved by LDA for any of the sealed marriage hall. Instead, the owners had illegally set up these ventures after getting approved plans for constructing residences or office buildings at site.
The minimum land required for setting up a marquee was eight kanals whereas at least four kanals land was necessary for constructing a marriage hall with two kanals of land to be left vacant for parking vehicles. None of the marriage halls/marquee had fulfilled these conditions.
The sealed marriage halls included Mian Banquet Hall Peco Road, Marquee Site at Peco Road, Maharaja Marriage Hall, Al-Noor Marriage Hall, Le Grand Marriage Hall, Gourmet Broadway Marquee, Arrosh Marriage Hall, Al-Qureah Banquet Hall, Al-Noor Janata Marriage Hall, Zadar Palace Banquet Hall, Suhag Marriage Lawn, Oakdale, Prime Banquet Hall, Shahi Hutt, Ahmad Marriage Hall, Hamza Marriage Hall, Al Hamar Banquet Hall and Noor Banquet Hall.