Lahore: The city administration launched an operation against illegal occupants and retrieved 1,000 kanals of land in the process, a news source reported. The operation was carried out in Finance and Trade Centre Block in Johar Town.
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA), in collaboration with Saddar Division police, demolished makeshift huts and shanties. The encroached land measured around 1,000 kanals, where other structures had also been constructed.
The structures were part of the modus operandi of the land mafia which used to possess land by first building shanties and makeshift huts. The dwellers claim that they used to pay influential people rent for living there.
Moreover, the officials concerned resumed their anti-encroachment drive in Shah Alam, Firdous Market, and Shahdara. As many as 30 shopkeepers were taken into custody. Separately, 390 kanals of land was repossessed in Raiwind.
According to the statistics shared by the Punjab Government, the officials concerned managed to recover over 56,000 kanals worth PKR 38.67 billion in Lahore since the operation began in October.
