Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) recently thwarted the attempts of a land mafia to take over plots in the Sabzazar and Tajpura housing schemes — with the authority’s team demolishing the hastily built structures developed by the accused individuals over the last two days, according to news sources.
The LDA staff demolished illegally constructed
structures on plots 129-A and 129-B in B Block, and plot no 75 in L Block of the
Sabzazar society, along with retrieving two 3.5 marla plots. In addition, the officials
also retrieved another illegally occupied plot in the Tajpura scheme.
The authority had issued a warning against any land grabbing attempts over state-owned land, declaring that strict action would be taken against the land grabbers violating the COVID-19 lockdown.
Director General (DG) LDA Ahmad Aziz Tarar made an announcement
in this regard via a press release issued on Friday. In it, he directed the
entire field staff to keep patrolling the private and public housing societies
falling under the authority’s jurisdiction, in order to keep abreast of any and
all illegal activities taking place during the current lockdown.
He also stated that even though the authority’s offices had been closed, this did not mean that the LDA staff were on holiday. He further suggested for the officials concerned to construct boundary walls so as to secure state lands that were vulnerable to such aforementioned attempts at illegal land grabbing.
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