Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), on the directives of the Director General (DG) RDA Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa, has accelerated its ongoing operation against illegal housing societies.
Talking to APP, the RDA spokesman informed that the authority had issued 548 legal notices and lodged 212 FIRs.
He further informed us that the authority also sealed more than 183 offices of illegal housing schemes and demolished 195 illegal constructions.
He said that the authorities concerned, on the orders of the DG, were taking strict action against the rule violators.
The DG RDA, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi, and City Police Officer Rawalpindi were monitoring the operation against illegal housing societies, launched on the special instructions of the Commissioner Rawalpindi division, Liaquat Ali Chatta, to control the illegal business.
RDA also sent 129 letters to the Cyber Crime Wing for legal action against rule violators, he added.
The operation was underway against illegal housing societies without any discrimination, he said.
The citizens were advised not to invest in illegal housing schemes and to check their status on RDA’s website, www.rda.gop.pk, before any investment, he added.
The offices of several illegal housing schemes had also been demolished, and FIRs were also lodged against illegal and unapproved housing societies.—APP
