LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Wednesday demolished the infrastructure of some private illegal housing schemes in an operation on Bedian Road.

The authority launched the operation on the direction of Director General Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Randhawa. The operation was conducted along the BRB Canal and Bedian Road, demolishing several illegal structures.

The authority demolished roads, gates, sewerage lines and boundary walls of illegal housing societies, including SJ Farms, Canal view Farms, Rai Khurdewara scheme and Jamhan village, Arman Colony.

The LDA officials also sealed the offices of the illegal housing societies, while a heavy police contingent was also present during the operation.

Meanwhile, the district administration on Tuesday demolished seven pyrolysis plants in Shalimar Town for causing pollution. These plants were found extracting furnace and crude oil from wires and used tyres.

The anti-smog squad had earlier sealed the plants, but the owners broke the seals and started operating them again.

The city district teams raided the plants and demolished these over different violations, including unsealing the plant without permission and erecting different structures without getting maps approved by the authorities and causing pollution.

The plants include MSRR, MS Haroon Farooq, MS Shoiab, Saleem Roshan, MS Tayyab, MS Daud, MS Azeem Kasuri, and MS Waqas Akbar.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2022