LAHORE—The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) sealed 66 illegal commercial buildings and premises that defaulted on commercialisation fees during operations in different housing schemes and LDA-controlled areas on Friday.
LDA’s Town Planning Wing sealed 35 buildings in Faisal Town, Gulberg and New Garden Town, and 3 in Shadman, Shah Jamal, Gulshan-e-Ravi, Shadbagh and on Canal Bank Road for illegal commercial use and nonpayment of commercialisation fees.
The sealed premises include Dental Arts, Lahore Literati, JS Tyre, Pakistan Flourmills Association office, workshops, grocery stores, restaurants, offices, and other businesses.
LDA Chief Town Planner I, Assad-uz-Zaman, supervised the operations carried out by the enforcement teams with the assistance of the Police.
According to the LDA officials, several notices were served to the owners of these buildings before the operations were carried out.
LDA Director General Tahir Farooq has directed continuing indiscriminate operations against illegal commercial buildings and commercialisation fee defaulters in LDA-controlled areas.
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