Islamabad: A Senate Committee on Friday (February 25) recommended constructing high-rise buildings in place of government-owned houses located in different sectors of the city in order to use land optimally, according to news sources.
Senator Mohsin Aziz chaired a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior to discuss the issue of lack of funds for maintenance and repair of government houses raised by Senator Kamran Murtaza.
It is pertinent to note that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has constructed large-single storey houses in Sectors F-6, F-7, G-6, G-8, and G-9. The authority handed over the possession to the Ministry of Housing to allocate them to government employees.
At the meeting, the committee suggested that the old government houses must be razed and high-rise buildings must be constructed in their place. It was also decided that there must be a mechanism for the repair and maintenance of government houses. The lawmakers also ordered the CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed to discuss the matter with housing and finance ministries and share the result with the committee.
Reportedly, the meeting also discussed Sector I-12. The CDA chairman disclosed that the full fledged development work on the sector will be started in July this year.
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