Chinese team feted

LAHORE

On behalf of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Lahore Development Authority Director General Nabeel Javed hosted a lunch in the honour of representatives of CR-NORINCO and China Engineering Consultants, associated with the Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project(LOMTP), in connection with China’s Moon Care Festival, here, Thursday.

Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan, Chairman of the Steering Committee for LOMTP and LDA Director General Nabeel Javed cut the cake for Moon Care Festival along with Mr Wang Yun Lin, Executive Deputy General Manager of CR-NORINCO.

Secretary Coordination CM Secretariat Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, LDA Chief Engineer Asrar Saeed, NESPAK General Manager Salman Hafeez, Chief Engineer TEPA Saif-ur-Rehman and others related to the project attended the lunch.

Khawaja Ahmad Hassaan presented a shield to the representative of CR-NORINCO on behalf of the chief minister on this occasion. 

Similarly, 80 plots of various size, situated in five blocks of MA Johar Town have been discovered during land audit of the scheme, being carried out by the Strategic Policy Unit of Lahore Development Authority.

Besides ownership documents, no record of payment of dues, taking over physical possession or any other proceeding on relevant files was traceable about these plots during the audit.

These plots are situated in G1, G2, G3, J1 and H Blocks of Johar Town. LDA has uploaded list of these plots on its website www.lda.gop.pk besides advertising it in leading national newspapers.

Persons claiming to be the owners of these plots have been urged to immediately contact the Urban Planning Specialist, LDA, if they possess ownership documents of any of these plots. LDA will sell these plots through open auction and no excuse will be entertained afterwards, in case otherwise.

It is to be mentioned that the Strategic Policy Unit (SPU) of LDA has started land audit of various housing schemes of LDA. Land audit of MA Johar Town, Lahore was being carried out in the first phase.

Meanwhile, taking action on public complaints regarding non-availability at One Window Cell and negligence in performing official duties, LDA Director General Nabeel Javed has suspended Rana Ahmad Abu Bakar, Assistant Director Land Development IV, posted at One Window Cell of LDA.

The DG passed these orders during a surprise visit to One Window Cell, the other day. He warned of strict action against negligent officials who failed to provide relief to the people. The DG assured the people that he would personally monitor the functioning of LDA’s One Window Cell and conduct surprise visits on the spot anytime daily for checking its functioning.