LAHORE—The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) sealed 95 illegal commercial buildings and commercialisation fee defaulter premises during operations in different housing schemes and LDA-controlled areas on Wednesday.
LDA’s Town Planning Wing sealed 32 buildings in Gulberg, 25 in Shadman, Shah Jamal, New Muslim Town and on the Canal Bank Road, and 38 in Subzazar Housing Scheme and on Wahdat Road for illegal commercial use and nonpayment of commercialisation fees.
The sealed premises include English Grammar School, Kanz-ul-Iman Beacon School, Shifa Medical Centre, salon, grocery store, offices, and other businesses.
Meanwhile, LDA teams demolished several buildings in Nawab Town and on Raiwind Road, Pine Avenue and Bagrian Road for violations of bylaws.
LDA Chief Town Planner I, Assad-uz-Zaman, and Chief Town Planner II, Azhar Ali, supervised the operations carried out by the enforcement teams with the assistance of the Police and heavy machinery.
According to the LDA officials, several notices were served to the owners of these buildings before carrying out the operations.
LDA Director General Tahir Farooq has directed continuing indiscriminate operations against violations of bylaws, illegal commercial buildings and commercialisation fee defaulters in LDA-controlled areas and housing schemes.
