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CDA eyes Park Enclave development as alternative

ISLAMABAD – Losing all hopes to “make money” from the controversial LED lights project after Asian Development Bank (ADB) refused to provide soft loan to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for the purpose, now those, who are designated by the PM to oversee the affairs of the CDA, are eyeing another project worth Rs 4 billion for development of Park Enclave.Efforts from some quarters are under way to manipulate the process of awarding contract of development of Park Enclave, whose successful execution would help restore the credibility of CDA to some extent among the investors.As first step, the opportunists making mockery of merit have managed to get appointed an officer who does not possess relevant qualification required to fulfil the responsibilities against the technical post of CDA Member Planning and Design, allegedly to manipulate the process of award of contract.The newly appointed CDA Member (P&D) Aziz Qureshi holds masters degreein chemistry, and was serving the Science and Technology wing of the Planning Commission prior to his recent posting.Newly appointed Chairman CDA Farkhand Iqbal, whose parent department is also Planning Commission, has picked up Qureshi for the task and managed to get the appointment orders from the Establishment division in the late hours of Friday following the efforts of Chairman of a dubious task force in this regard.The former Member Planning Tahir Shamshad was transferred at a crucial time when the presentation by the pre-qualified construction firms on their technical bids was in progress. .

Tag : Capital Development Authority, Park Enclave, CDA , CDA Map, Asian Development Bank

CDA eyes Park Enclave development as alternative

ISLAMABAD – Losing all hopes to “make money” from the controversial LED lights project after Asian Development Bank (ADB) refused to provide soft loan to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for the purpose, now those, who are designated by the PM to oversee the affairs of the CDA, are eyeing another project worth Rs 4 billion for development of Park Enclave.Efforts from some quarters are under way to manipulate the process of awarding contract of development of Park Enclave, whose successful execution would help restore the credibility of CDA to some extent among the investors.As first step, the opportunists making mockery of merit have managed to get appointed an officer who does not possess relevant qualification required to fulfil the responsibilities against the technical post of CDA Member Planning and Design, allegedly to manipulate the process of award of contract.The newly appointed CDA Member (P&D) Aziz Qureshi holds masters degreein chemistry, and was serving the Science and Technology wing of the Planning Commission prior to his recent posting.Newly appointed Chairman CDA Farkhand Iqbal, whose parent department is also Planning Commission, has picked up Qureshi for the task and managed to get the appointment orders from the Establishment division in the late hours of Friday following the efforts of Chairman of a dubious task force in this regard.The former Member Planning Tahir Shamshad was transferred at a crucial time when the presentation by the pre-qualified construction firms on their technical bids was in progress. .

Tag : Capital Development Authority, Park Enclave, CDA , CDA Map, Asian Development Bank

sub-standard housing societies eating up the historical city

LAHORE: The mushroom growth of ill-planned and sub-standard housing societies has marred the charm of the historical city of Lahore, as around 90 percent of the new housing schemes are built in violation with the set rules and regulations of development and maintenance.

Daily Times has learnt that of the 231 housing societies across the metropolis that have been approved by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), over 75 percent are either undeveloped or partially developed. Hence, only 25 percent societies are developed of which most are poorly maintained.

According to the LDA’s rules and regulations, a new housing society should be developed within a time period of five years. To ensure this, the LDA mortgages 30 percent plots of a society and releases them as the society grows and develops. If a society does not complete the development work within the stipulated period, it is served a notice by the LDA. In case the society’s administration does not take the notice seriously and shows unwillingness in completing the development work, the LDA can take over the society and start developing it by selling the mortgaged plots.

Nevertheless, it has been learnt that a large number of housing societies stand incomplete despite a passage of 10 to 15 years. Moreover, except for sending notices to them time and again, the LDA so far had not taken any serious action against the societies’ administrations. “The LDA can only serve notices to the housing societies defying its rules and regulations, however, it cannot take stern action against them owing to a lack of powers,” a senior LDA official told Daily Times, adding, “It is not possible for the LDA to take over a large number of housing societies, as it requires extra funds and manpower”.

Keeping in view the magnitude of the problem, the steps taken by the city government with regards to such housing societies uptil now can only be considered as insufficient.

Talking to Daily Times, Chief Metropolitan Planner Waseem Ahmad Khan said the LDA had served notices to those housing societies that had completed 60 to 70 percent development work or less. He said the LDA had taken over the Venice Housing Society and was carrying out the development work there. Khan added that the LDA planned to take over other societies as well, including Formanites Society, Shadaab Colony and Naz Town.

Sources told Daily Times that some of the new housing societies were approved in sheer violation of the Integrated Master Plan 2021 for the city, hence, they were to be blamed for the abnormal expansion of the metropolis. Also, these poorly-planned societies do not meet the residential and environmental standards, as they lack adequate community centres, service roads, parks, green belts, etc.

The citizens, especially the senior members, have expressed serious concern over the adverse impact of the “sub-standard” housing societies and the irregular expansion of the city.

“Unchecked growth of sub-standard housing societies will eat up the historical city of Lahore and if the phenomenon continued, a time will come when people will forget about the real Lahore altogether,” said a senior citizen, Sheikh Aslam
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Tag : Lahore Property News, Historical City, Sub Standerd Housing Societies, Formanites Society, Shadaab Colony, Naz Town, Venice Housing Society , Lahore Deveopment Authority, LDA, Lahore Master Plan, Lahore Map,

Lahore Ring Road: Commuters to pay tax through 14 toll plazas

Lahore :“Fourteen toll plazas will be constructed on the northern loop of the Ring Road, the Lahore Ring Road (LRR) deputy project director, Najam Waheed, told The Express Tribune on Tuesday.

These include Niazi Chowk, Mehmood Booti, GT Road, Harbanspura, Abdullah Gul, and Packages 6,10 7, and 11. However, rates for the toll tax have not been revealed yet.

Waheed said motorcycles and rickshaws would not be allowed to enter the Ring Road once it is completed by the end of February.

The northern loop was originally scheduled to be complete by November 2011. Waheed said currently motorcyclists mostly used the Ring Road till the Bhatta Chowk Interchange to enter and exit Defence.

“As soon as the toll plazas are set up, bikes and rickshaws will instantly be banned on the Ring Road. The Ring Road is a fast moving track and slow moving vehicles will not only endanger their own lives but also the lives of other commuters.”

Zubair Jan, a resident of Defence, said that the road ahead of Bhatta Interchange was only used by racers. He said most of them performed stunts and there were no traffic police to address to stop them.

Reasons for delay

As many as 35 km of the 40 km long northern loop has been completed.

Work on the remaining section (package 14, 16 and 17) was inaugurated in April last year. It was to be complete by November.

Lahore Commissioner Jawad Rafique Malik, who is the Lahore Ring Road project director, told The Express Tribune the two packages would be completed by the end of February. He attributed the delay in construction to the time taken in acquiring land and setting up the Ring Road Authority.

The LRR northern loop’s fifth and final interchange (package 15) had been inaugurated a month earlier by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The commissioner hoped that work on the southern loop, linking the road to the motorway, would be completed by the end of 2012.

The Southern loop will have five interchanges. It is divided in four sections and is 48 km long.

A Nespak official said an international firm will build the southern loop on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. He said the eight kilometre southern loop stretch connecting Package 17 to Ferozepur Road would take at least eight months to complete.

Tag : Nespak , BOT, Ferozpur Road,, Lahore Ring Road, Southern Loop, Norther Loop, LRR northeren loop , LRR Southern Loop, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Niazi Chowk Interchange, Mehmood Booti Interchange, GT Road Interchange, Harbanspura Interchange, Abdullah Gul Intercahange , Bhatta Chowk Interchange

Lahore Ring Road: Commuters to pay tax through 14 toll plazas

Lahore :“Fourteen toll plazas will be constructed on the northern loop of the Ring Road, the Lahore Ring Road (LRR) deputy project director, Najam Waheed, told The Express Tribune on Tuesday.

These include Niazi Chowk, Mehmood Booti, GT Road, Harbanspura, Abdullah Gul, and Packages 6,10 7, and 11. However, rates for the toll tax have not been revealed yet.

Waheed said motorcycles and rickshaws would not be allowed to enter the Ring Road once it is completed by the end of February.

The northern loop was originally scheduled to be complete by November 2011. Waheed said currently motorcyclists mostly used the Ring Road till the Bhatta Chowk Interchange to enter and exit Defence.

“As soon as the toll plazas are set up, bikes and rickshaws will instantly be banned on the Ring Road. The Ring Road is a fast moving track and slow moving vehicles will not only endanger their own lives but also the lives of other commuters.”

Zubair Jan, a resident of Defence, said that the road ahead of Bhatta Interchange was only used by racers. He said most of them performed stunts and there were no traffic police to address to stop them.

Reasons for delay

As many as 35 km of the 40 km long northern loop has been completed.

Work on the remaining section (package 14, 16 and 17) was inaugurated in April last year. It was to be complete by November.

Lahore Commissioner Jawad Rafique Malik, who is the Lahore Ring Road project director, told The Express Tribune the two packages would be completed by the end of February. He attributed the delay in construction to the time taken in acquiring land and setting up the Ring Road Authority.

The LRR northern loop’s fifth and final interchange (package 15) had been inaugurated a month earlier by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The commissioner hoped that work on the southern loop, linking the road to the motorway, would be completed by the end of 2012.

The Southern loop will have five interchanges. It is divided in four sections and is 48 km long.

A Nespak official said an international firm will build the southern loop on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis. He said the eight kilometre southern loop stretch connecting Package 17 to Ferozepur Road would take at least eight months to complete.

Tag : Nespak , BOT, Ferozpur Road,, Lahore Ring Road, Southern Loop, Norther Loop, LRR northeren loop , LRR Southern Loop, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Niazi Chowk Interchange, Mehmood Booti Interchange, GT Road Interchange, Harbanspura Interchange, Abdullah Gul Intercahange , Bhatta Chowk Interchange

Pakistan Property News: NOC of housing scheme cancelled

HYDERABAD, Jan 30: The administration has advised people not to book or purchase any plot in a housing scheme as its NOC has been cancelled on reports of complaints against its sponsors.

The Hyderabad Development Authority has cancelled the NOC of Fareed Illahi Housing Scheme with an advice to people not to purchase or book any plot in this scheme.

A spokesman for the HDA said the action had been taken after complaints by different forums against sponsors of the scheme. WASA:

The Water and Sanitation Agency has announced that water bills for January have been issued and advised consumers to make payment by Feb 14.

A spokesman for Wasa said defaulters would have to pay additional five per cent of their outstanding bills, which has been included in January`s bill.

However, he said, consumers with arrears exceeding Rs10,000, would have to clear the entire amount in one installment. Otherwise, legal action will be taken against them.

Railways declares February as anti-encroachment month

The Pakistan Railways has declared February as anti-encroachment month and decided to take action to retrieve the railway’s land illegally occupied by land grabbers across the country.

A comprehensive action plan has been chalked out which is likely to be implemented in the first week of the next month, sources in Pakistan Railways told Business Recorder on Monday.

Syed Ibne Hussain, IGP Railways said that special instructions have been issued to all SPs of Railways to co-ordinate and retrieve the precious Railway land from the land grabber.

He warned that the Railway Police and staff concerned would be held responsible if someone reoccupies the retrieved property.

It is pertinent to mention here that more than 1,41,569 kanal agriculture and commercial land of the Pakistan Railways had remained unutilised due to financial crunch for the last couple of years in the country which allured the people to occupy it.

A senior officer of PR Property and Land Department record revealed that the Railways Administration had not made any attempt to utilise this huge property to generate revenue and tide over the budget deficit.

The estimated value of 6,945 kanal agricultural and 3,944 kanal commercial land in Karachi Division stood at Rs 641.894 million and Rs 33,808.619 million, respectively; 19,526 kanal agricultural and 1,387 kanal commercial in Lahore Division at Rs 2,503.007 million and Rs 5,293.173 million; 26,588 kanal agricultural and 2,987 kanal commercial in Multan Division at Rs 2,427.361 million and Rs 2,617.018 million; 18,904 kanal agricultural and 833 kanal commercial in Quetta Division at Rs 271.126 million and Rs 146.693 million; 9,637 kanal agricultural and 971 kanal commercial in Peshawar Division at Rs 709.006 million and Rs 1231.448 million; 16,116 kanal agricultural and 2,590 kanal commercial in Rawalpindi Division at Rs 1972.498 million and Rs 11,426.067 million; 30,201 kanal agricultural and 940 kanal commercial in Sukkur Division at Rs 2,332.154 million and Rs 634.258 million.

The official said that the unutilised land is in addition to the 5,373 acres that are in possession of others.

Some 3,344 acres are occupied by the private sector, 1,172 acres by various federal and provincial government departments and agencies besides 860 acres in use of the armed forces.

Some 250-kilometre long track has been under encroachment or occupied by land grabber

Tag : Railway Track, Railway Encrochments, Goverment Departments,Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Railways Encrochment Area, Sukkur Division, Agricultural Division,