ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA), in collaboration with the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI), is currently planning strategies to bridge the housing deficit in the capital.
Islamabad Mayor and CDA Chairman Sheikh Anser Aziz expressed these views while on a visit to Sector C-14, C-15, C-16 and D-12. He said that the CDA was aware of the rising housing needs in Islamabad and was planning to take up adequate measures to fulfil the needs of the residents of the city.
The mayor was accompanied by CDA Engineering member Shahid Sohail, CDA Planning and Design member Asad Mehboob Kiani, MCI Deputy Mayor Syed Zeshan Ali Naqvi were present on the occasion.
Taking notice of encroachments in Sector C-14, C-15 and C-16, the mayor directed the concerned departments of CDA including the Enforcement Directorate to ensure removal of encroachments. He also directed the Enforcement Directorate to make daily visits to the area to curb the encroachments. Aziz further directed that check posts should be established for this purpose and operations should be carried out regularly in collaboration with area police to retrieve the encroached land.
The mayor further ordered that the acquired land should be fenced with the cooperation of CDA Land and Rehabilitation Directorate. Aziz said that the Land and Rehabilitation Directorate should establish its camp office in the area for this purpose.
The mayor also inspected the ongoing development work in Sector D-12 and directed its completion at the earliest.
