Lahore: An official Environment Protecting Department (EPD) has requested the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) administration to include residents of the project area in the public hearings to know about their suggestions, concerns, and observations regarding the project schemes, according to news published on January 14.
The EPD official (whose name was not disclosed) mentioned this at the public hearing organised by EPD at LDA Johar Town Sports Complex on the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Rehabilitation of Bund Road. The Rehabilitation of Bund Road, from Babu Sabu Interchange to Ring Road & Gulshan-e-Ravi T-Junction Underpass, is a mega project to be launched by the authority.
Moreover, the official stated that the authority should have brought the people living in the areas of Shera Kot, Talat Park, Babu Sabu, Shaheenabad, and outer parts of Gulshan-e-Ravi to the public hearing. He went on to say if they couldn’t do that, at least, the authority must have arranged a venue for the public hearing near the surrounding areas where the project was being launched.
The project’s environment consultant mentioned that the LDA is not liable to include locals in the public hearings. According to the law, the authority is liable to advertise the event in the newspaper through public notices.
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