TMA declares 29 housing schemes illegal

[Salman]

SIALKOT
The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Sialkot has declared as many as 29 private housing schemes as illegal for lacking requisite approval the TMA.
According Tehsil Officer (Planning) Sumera Shafi, there were total 43 private housing schemes in Sialkot tehsil, out of which only 14 schemes were approved by the TMA while the rest 29 were illegal for lacking NOC.
She said that more than 100 kanals of land was required for any private housing scheme while less than 100 kanals of land was required for land sub division.
She revealed that the said illegal declared private housing schemes are: Gulshan Tauheed Town Mianapura, Tauheed Town Shatabgarha, Al0Noor Colony Talwara Mughalaan, Azeem Housing Scheme, Gulshan-e- Azeem, Bilal Town Kaakeywali, Defence Homes Talwara Mughalaan , Gulshan-e-Ehsan Wazirabad-Sialkot Road, Cantt View Housing Booth , Cantt Model Villa, Gohdpur Model Town Head Marala Road, Usman Town, Nafees Villa Jammu-Sialkot Road, Usman Tufail Scheme Kotla Ambaanwala, Happy Valley Town, Kashmir Villa Bonkan, Muhammad Lateef Pakka Garha, Canal garden Town, Azam Town Rehmanpura, Imran Arif Pakka Garha, Defence Homes Kamaanwala, Nasheman Housing Scheme, Abdullah Javaid Scheme, Star Housing Scheme , Defence Sun Fort Villa, Dream Land Uggoki and Model City Housing Scheme.
She said that stern legal action is being taken against these illegal housing schemes as well.
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While the District and Session Judges of these districts have also been intimated, in this regard.
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