RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Board has approved up-gradation of RDA and Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) employees scale.

Talking to APP, Chairman RDA, Muhammad Arif Abbasi Monday said that the employees of RDA and Wasa have been directed to work hard to facilitate the citizens.

He said the governing body meeting also approved 50pc of running basic pay allowance for the employees of RDA and Wasa besides protecting the previous service of the contract employees.

The chairman said the board also approved revision of welfare fund of the employees.

To a question, he said RDA was pursuing strict policy to control illegal housing schemes in its jurisdiction and letters were sent to all the departments concerned in an effort to save the citizens from any fraud.

RDA had written letters to the departments concerned for taking appropriate actions against illegal housing schemes, he added. He informed that the status of the housing schemes was updated and all legal and illegal schemes were uploaded on RDAs website. District administration was also urged to help RDA to control illegal housing schemes, he added. The utility services departments were requested not to provide utility services to illegal and unapproved housing schemes. He advised the public not to invest in illegal housing schemes and to select commercial or residential plots only in legal ones which have proper layout plans and NOC from the authority.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2019