Lahore: LDA building inspectors’ powers withdrawn

[Naveed Yaseen]

IN A MOVE to eradicate corruption and address public complaints, Lahore Development Authority director general Wednesday withdrew powers of all building inspectors and directed them to report to the administration directorate for further orders.

Sources said the LDA DG directed all the building inspectors to immediately stop performing their duties from Thursday (today).

The building inspectors who were seized to operate are: Munirul Hassan Jaffari, Muhammad Aziz Masood, Muhammad Fazil, Zahid Hussain Qureshi, Muhammad Irfan Baig, Abdul Rashid, Irfan Sohail, Ali Hussain, Anjum Saleem, Muhammad Tanveer Ashraf, Zia Hassain, Shahid Nazir, Abdul Jabbar, Mirza Mushtaq Ahmed, Fayyaz Zahoor, Rana Mehmood Khan, Muhammad Asif, Mian Sarfaraz Ahmed, Salahuddin, Muhammad Haider, Inamuddin, Muhammad Afzal and Muhammad Akmal Butt.

The sources said the DG assigned officers of the rank of assistant directors for inspection of under-construction buildings, gave them powers to ensure implementation of building bye-laws and made them responsible for stopping illegal commercialisation.

The Lahore Development Authority directed the assistant directors to present their official identity cards if required by the builders during the site visits.

The spokesman for LDA asked the general public that if someone introduced himself as building inspector LDA for seeking unlawful benefits, he may immediately be reported to the Town Planner LDA at telephone number9262321.

Meanwhile, the LDA continued its operation against illegal constructions on residential plots and the staff of the Town Planning Wing demolished four such buildings in Johar Town.

The LDA staff demolished a marriage hall that was illegally constructed on a residential plot in Dhana Singwala near Johar Town in a two-hour operation.

The building plan for the marriage hall had never been submitted for approval.

The LDA staff also demolished an under-construction office at the residential plot number 15-A, Block G-1, besides razing some part of a restaurant at plot No-20-A, Block G, as both the buildings were constructed on residential plots.

The staff also pulled down another restaurant that was constructed at residential plot number 4, Block G -1.

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