Rawalpindi Development Authority Issues Final Warning Notices To 31 Illegal Housing Schemes

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has issued final warning notices to 31 housing schemes declared illegal as Commissioner Rawalpindi Division/Director General RDA, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary had directed the RDA to start action in accordance with the law against illegal housing schemes.

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Feb, 2018 ) :Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has issued final warning notices to 31 housing schemes declared illegal as Commissioner Rawalpindi Division/Director General RDA, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary had directed the RDA to start action in accordance with the law against illegal housing schemes.

RDA had advised the citizens to invest in 43 registered housing schemes, issued No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the Authority and approved. Talking to APP, RDA spokesman Hafiz Irfan said, no NOC case of any society was pending for approval.

A grand operation against illegal housing schemes would be launched soon, the Commissioner said. Talking to APP, he said, the officers concerned had been directed to plan the operation so that action in accordance with the law could be taken against the rules violators.

He advised the public not to invest in illegal house schemes and select commercial or residential plots only in legal ones which had proper approval of layout plan and NOC from the authority. According to an RDA officer, 43 housing schemes which fall under its jurisdiction and had obtained NOC from RDA, whereas 31 housing schemes were operating illegally without having NOC from RDA.

He said, general public was informed in their best interest to refrain from investing in illegal housing schemes in order to avoid possible losses/frauds and invest in legal housing schemes which had proper approval of layout plan and NOC from RDA.

Legal and approved housing schemes lying under the jurisdiction of RDA are Top City 1, Mumtaz City, Bahria Town Phase 1, 2 & 3 (partially), Bahria Town Phase 8 (partially), Gandhara City, Faisal Town, Fizaia Housing Scheme, Army Welfare Housing Scheme (Defence 1), Doctor Town, Foreign Office Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Garden Villas, Gulshan-e-Abad, Judicial Colony, Kehkashan Town, University Town, Shalimar Town, Khudadad City (Now Airport Enclave), Kohsar View Housing Project, Municipal Corporation Cooperative Housing Scheme, Pak Atomic Energy Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Pak Employees Cooperative Housing Society and Rabia Bangalows.

Similarly, Safari Villas-1, Safari Villas 2, Revenue Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Bostan Avenue Housing Project, Gulshan-e-Fatima, PIA Officers Cooperative Housing Society, Eastridge Housing scheme, Shifa Cooperative Housing Scheme, Bahria Paradise, Tarnol Housing Scheme, Cilfton Town, T&T Housing Scheme, Rawalpindi Railway Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Up-Country Enclosure, PARC Housing Scheme, CBR Cooperative Society, Golden Jublee Cooperative Housing Scheme, Commoner Sky Gardens Housing Scheme, Sanober City, Taj Residencia and Elite Reverie Housing Scheme are legal and approved housing schemes.

The officer told APP that the housing schemes which have been marked illegal by RDA and general public cautioned to stay away from investing in the given housing schemes in order to avoid possible losses.

The schemes included Jinnah Town, Airport Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Gulshan-e- Ali, Janjua Town 1, Janjua Town 2, Janjua Town 3, Khyban-e-Millat, Rasool Town, National Town, Khyban-e-Quaid, T&T Housing Society, OGDC Town, Hamza Town, Sanghar Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Fazal Town phase 2, Gulberg Town, Lake Vista Residential (Rawal City), Pam City, Jabbar City, Usman Black, Jublee Town, Lawyers Town, Radio Colony, Federation of Employees Cooperate Housing Society, Samarzar Housing Project, Gulraiz Housing Scheme, Metro Homes, Babar Homes, Paras Villas and Alfalah Homes.

To a question he informed that RDA had also apprised the public through newspaper about the status of the housing schemes, fall under its jurisdiction. The citizens could also check online details of all the housing schemes on RDA's website, he added.