CDA Planning Department will send recommendations for auction of salable state land
ISLAMABAD:
The Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) has picked up six acres of CDA-owned land behind the high-security Red Zone and Diplomatic Enclave in the federal capital worth billions of rupees.
According to the CDA, the land had been illegally occupied for decades and was reclaimed after a three-month operation in which 19 criminal cases were registered against the operatives of the influential occupation mafia.
CDA officials further said that to protect the six acres of CDA-acquired land worth billions of rupees from illegal occupation in future, CDA’s Planning Department will send recommendations for the auction of salable government land to the Chairman of CDA and Chief Commissioner. Final approval will be given by CDA’s Board of Directors.
Narrating the country’s history, officials said that in 1981, former President General Zia-ul-Haq had ordered the construction of a model village in Nurpur Shahan, where a total of 23 residents were allotted plots by the CDA at that time.
CDA officials said anti-encroachment orders had also been issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
