LDA to hire retired army men to curb land grabbing
Meeting deliberates on better implementation of construction bylaws
The department owns around 49,470 kanals of which over 10,000 kanals have been encroached by the land grabbing mafia.. STOCK IMAGE
LAHORE:
The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to acquire services of retired army officials to curb the menace of land grabbing and protection of precious assets.
This decision was made in the second session of LDA governing body meeting for 2021, held under the chair of LDA Vice Chairman S M Imran on Thursday. The meeting decided to restructure the Enforcement Directorate for better implementation of the construction bylaws and protection of government lands. It approved the appointment of retired army officials as director and zonal inspectors for this purpose.