CDA, housing societies deceiving citizens

[Lahore_Real_Estate]

* Senate Committee instructs housing societies to follow bylaws

* CDA asked to keep a check on housing societies’ activities

By Ikram Junaidi

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) and housing societies are deceiving citizens due to which people have lost billions of rupees in housing sector, said

Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, Inter Provincial Coordination and Special Initiatives Chairman Senator Shahid Hassan Bugti on Monday.

Bugti was chairing a meeting of the committee at CDA headquarters. CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed, representatives of Habib Rafique, Alhamra and other housing societies and other officials of CDA attended the meeting.

Bugti said CDA and housing societies were befooling the people. He instructed the housing societies to make their rules and follow them strictly. He also instructed them to make a list of their plots and number of members and send copies to CDA and the standing committee.

Bugti also instructed the CDA chairman to ensure a check on the housing societies and point out their activities, which were against the byelaws of the CDA. He said officials of CDA had made a routine that they did not monitor the activities of housing societies and in the end it becomes a huge problem for people.

Bugti said Habib Rafique’s Housing Society project Alhamra Avenue had an NOC of 626 plots and according to their own documents the society has sold all 626 plots to Shaheen Foundation, but the society has also sold hundreds of plots to common people as well. He said the society had 44 farmhouses and it has sold these farmhouses to 101 persons. He deplored that CDA had not taken any notice regarding such irregularities. He said CDA should ensure that all societies were following the layout plan. He observed that CDA ongoing practice would create another scandal in housing sector.

The representatives of the housing societies told the committee about their problems and disputes regarding the land acquisition.