Director General (DG) Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Aamir Ahmad Khan has issued directions to conduct operation against encroachments and illegal parking outside major government hospitals in the city.
Chief Town Planner Asad-uz-Zaman would be the focal person of the operations.
The DG LDA said that in the first phase, illegal encroachments would be removed from outside Lahore General Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, and in the second phase, strict action would be taken against encroachments outside Mayo Hospital, Services Hospital and other major health facilities.
He said that the relatives of the patients have to face severe difficulties on the emergency, entrance and exit routes of the government hospitals, removing the encroachments outside the hospitals would also help in improving the smooth traffic flow, he added.
The DG said that the LDA teams would conduct operations with the support of the district and hospital administration.
He also issued instructions to all the directors concerned in this regard.
Meanwhile, The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) teams conducted operations in Allama Iqbal Town and Samanabad areas and sealed 45 properties.
Some 25 buildings in Samnabad scheme and 20 in Allama Iqbal Town were sealed for non-payment of commercialisation fees and commercialisation of buildings without due permission.
The buildings, which were sealed, included banks, schools, pharmacies, grocery stores and other shops.
The LDA teams issued notices and action was taken for non-payment of commercialisation fee, sources said.
Director Town Planning II Salman Mehfooz supervised the operation.
