ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday removed around 100 illegal structures to pave the way for development of its Park Enclave III scheme along Park Road near Chak Shahzad.
The civic agency had launched the housing a few years ago and auctioned 1,047 plots to the public in 2020 with a commitment that development work would be completed in a year.
The allottees were supposed to make payments within one year to get possession of developed plots.
However, the CDA failed to complete the development work on time that resulted in delays in payment of dues by the plot purchasers as the authority said Rs2 billions were still pending.
According to the CDA, the adverse possession of land was the major hurdle in the development work as there were around 100 illegal structures on the land.
A couple of years ago, the CDA had started development work but out of the total 1,000 plots it could prepare only 300 for possession.
On Tuesday, the CDA’s member estate Afnan Alam and his team conducted a mega operation and removed all the illegal structures from the housing scheme area.
“Today, we demolished all encroachments and now it is time for the engineering wing to expedite the development work,” said an official of the CDA.
Meanwhile, a press release issued by the CDA said: “In line with directions of Chairman Noorul Amin Mengal, a massive operation against illegal constructions and encroachments was conducted in Park Enclave Phase III. Enforcement Directorate, Land and Rehabilitation, Islamabad Administration and Islamabad Police are participating in this operation.”
Last week, the CDA had also conducted a mega operation in C-13 and removed around 1,000 rooms and structures which were built by locals in connivance with CDA officials to get undue alternative plots from the civic agency.
Two officials of CDA who are accused of helping people in raising the constructions were also suspended. The CDA is also planning to start development work on C-13 and C-16 soon.
Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023
