ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The cash-starved Capital Development Authority, which is leaving no stone unturned in generating income these days, has taken up the issue of illegal occupation of its 210 flats in Sector G-6 by police personnel with the interior ministry.
The flats were constructed by the CDA on its own land in 1997 at a cost of Rs250 million but now their market price is said to be over Rs700 million.It has been learnt that despite receiving several notices the law enforcers are neither vacating the CDA's property nor paying any rent to the authority.
In this regard, the officials of interior ministry are holding a meeting with the CDA bosses on Thursday in the ministry to settle the issue.
“We have invested millions of rupees on the construction of flats but getting nothing in return. Therefore, we have asked the interior ministry to evict the illegal occupiers or pay the price of flats if the ministry intends to acquire the property,” a senior official of the CDA said.
The earthquake-affected people from Kashmir had occupied the flats in 2005 as they were lying vacant at that time providing shelter to the quake-hit people.
After one year of this occupation the interior ministry, under which the CDA was working, ordered the authority to evict all the people from 210 flats.
On the directives of the ministry, CDA launched an operation using heavy contingents of police, local administration and CDA officials to remove the occupants.
But after their removal, the apartments were illegally occupied by the police personnel who have been residing there for last four years.
It has been learnt that neither the occupants were giving any rent of the apartments nor they were paying the utility charges. As a result of this attitude, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) cuts power supply of the flats but it is restored on the request of high ups in police department.
