CDA Economic Zone - Chinese are here
The capital development authority (cda) has started acquiring 25,000 acres, almost equal to 42 villages of rawalpindi, for the establishment of “economic zone and multipurpose zone at public expense,†which will cost more than rs70 billion to the civic authority,
Mere development of this scale would require money which would be twice the entire budget of the cda, officials said.Tongues are wagging that pakistan muslim league-nawaz’s deals with the chinese have compelled the cda to hurriedly establish a limited company to start acquiring the land in the suburbs of rawalpindi, mostly centuries old villages while the authority is yet to explain what a “multi-purpose zone would haveâ€Â.
Details of the villages include, 727 kanals in khasala kalan; 6,161 in khasala khurd; 2,374 in chahan; 1,579 in maira kinger/ maira khurd; 1,151 in maira kalan; 1,056 in dhala; 2,567 in pind chatla; 5,342 in adiala; 5006 in jabber miana; 1,606 in dera; 15,162 in takht peri; 14,123 in gangal; 8,449 in mian ahmada; 8,483 in dhapai; 8,165 in taraiya; 783 in morha phapra;
11,815 in nakrali; 9,467 in ghandiya; 752 in chak thoba; 661 in phundli; 4,553 in chak khas; 683 in pind mubarak; 2823 in sarhandi; 768 in daweri; 1502 in sambal; 5480 in kotla; 9,627 in jabba; 7,387 in lilla kamalpur; 2,805 in bhattiyan noordin; 2,155in hoshyal; 3,000 in morha garr; 405 in bagh rajgaan; 3,993 in mohra langer; 3825 in sangra; 2137in gahal; 6157in gogra; 4,411in sood; 5,621 in khinger kalaan; 9, 762 in katariaan; 10,487 in thatta gidpur; 7,170 in chappar and 704 kanals in village anturpur.
The sources maintained that recently pml-n struck deals with chinese and all this land is being acquired for the chinese.
The staff of land revenue division was secretly called in the office of district collector during the month of ramazan and were told to submit details of land in the said 42 villages while the owners of land in these villages never had a hint that they would be deprived of their land soon, the sources added.
