LAHORE, May 12: The Lahore Development Authority Additional Director General Capt Nasim (retired) has said the LDA would demolish all the shopping complexes and buildings being built without the sanction of site plans. He told the representatives of the Shah Alam Market traders at the Jinnah Hall here on Thursday that the tendency to build plazas in densely populated areas without sanction of site plans had assumed dangerous proportions and could result in loss of life and property.

He said additional storeys and basements had been built in a number of existing buildings without the sanction of site plans. At least 15 such buildings built without sanction of site plans had been identified during a recent survey. Site plans of only four had been submitted to the authority for sanction. There was a possibility of flooding of basements during the rainy season when it was difficult to undertake rescue operations.

He urged them to apprise the authority of the construction of unauthorized buildings for suitable action. He also promised to ban U-turn on Shah Alam Market Main Road and resolve the Fawara Chowk parking stand issue.

Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Tariq Sana Bajwa advised them to form a citizen community board for shifting the overhead power supply lines underground.

Anjuman Tajran president Haji Maqsood Butt, Super Shah Alam Market Traders Association president Shahid Bilal and others apprised the LDA ADG of the problems being faced by the traders due to absence of parking facilities and increasing traffic pressure. They proposed allowing of small traders to do business within a boundary line along the Shah Alam Market Main Road for solving the encroachments problem.

Tepa chief engineer Khushhal Khan, LDA town planning director Ijaz Malik and Ravi Town TMO Dr Usman Anwar also attended the meeting.