Gwadar: The Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) has lifted a four-year-old ban on the issuance of no-objection certificates (NOCs) for construction and development works, a news source reported (as per a notification issued on the matter last week).
According to details, the GDA had placed the ban in 2016 for a period of six months in order to revise the Gwadar master plan into a “smart port city master plant” that aims to meet the needs of a modern port city. However, the work on revision had continued until last year.
While exercising its powers under Section 9 of GDA Act 2003, the authority has lifted the ban on all kinds of NOCs for housing, commercial, industrial, recreational, warehouses and all types of construction and development activities within the its jurisdiction.
GDA has also requested all government and semi-government bodies
to get the requisite NOCs before initiating the development work to ensure everything
is carried out in accordance with the Gwadar master plan.
