LAHORE, Oct 22 (APP):The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning Wing has sealed 46 properties in different schemes and LDA-controlled areas over illegal commercial use and non-payment of commercialisation fees.
The operation was carried out on the directions of LDA Director General Tahir Farooq as part of an ongoing crackdown against illegal commercial buildings and properties defaulting on commercialisation fees.
LDA teams conducted operations in New Muslim Town, New Garden Town, Mustafa Town, Defence Road and Multan Road. As many as 13 properties in Blocks A and B of New Muslim Town and 10 properties in New Garden Town were sealed over illegal commercial use.
Another 13 properties along Defence Road and Multan Road, including the stretch from Thokar Niaz Baig to Manga, were sealed for unauthorised commercial activities. During a separate recovery operation, 10 properties in Mustafa Town were also sealed.
The sealed properties included banks, schools, restaurants, shopping malls, showrooms, steel works, marble stores, hardware stores, food outlets, automobile workshops, shops, offices and other commercial establishments.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Chief Town Planner-I Asad-uz-Zaman.
Source: APP (Associated Press of Pakistan)
