{"id":17900,"date":"2023-07-13T13:34:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=17900"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T08:37:06","slug":"chairman-cda-reveals-600-illegal-housing-societies-operating-in-twin-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/chairman-cda-reveals-600-illegal-housing-societies-operating-in-twin-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairman CDA Reveals 600 Illegal Housing Societies Operating in Twin Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Captain (r) Noorul Amin Mengal, revealed that approximately 600 illegal housing societies are operating in Rawalpindi and Islamabad without proper approval.<\/p>\n<p>This information was shared during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s 35th meeting, held at the CDA Secretariat, aimed to receive a comprehensive report on the implementation status of previous recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the meeting also discussed the details of housing societies (both legal and illegal) causing environmental damage in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), information on restaurants in the Margalla Hills impacting the environment and sewerage system, and a case study of Monal Restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson MNA Nuzhat Pathan chaired the committee and expressed dissatisfaction with the delayed arrival of the Chairman CDA, who was attending a personal hearing in court, as explained by CDA officials.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/standing-committe-on-interior-reveals-over-100-illegal-housing-societies-in-islamabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37\"><style> .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37:active, .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .uc86de7b650f097e884503a1187034d37:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">Standing Committe on Interior Reveals over 100 Illegal Housing Societies in Islamabad<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The chairman of CDA informed the committee that there are around 318 illegal housing societies in Rawalpindi and 150 in Islamabad, with a significant number located in Fateh Jang and Rawalpindi Tehsil.<\/p>\n<p>According to CDA officials, the cumulative figure of unauthorized societies ranges from 568 to 600, and there are approximately 100 illegal societies in the adjacent Attock district.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, MNA Romina Khurshid Alam expressed her concerns about the response submitted by the IWMB and CDA regarding the installation of streetlights in the National Park.<\/p>\n<p>She proposed the use of sensor-based lights along hiking tracks and emphasized the need to prioritize environmental matters.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, other discussions also included the theft of gutter lids in the federal capital, the tragic incident of a boy suffocating in a gutter due to gas, and the impact of lights on nocturnal species in the Margalla Hills National Park.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it was proposed to implement a timing system to provide full lights in the national park until 9-10 p.m. and then halt entry to preserve wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: ProPakistani<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Captain (r) Noorul Amin Mengal, revealed that approximately 600 illegal housing societies are operating in Rawalpindi and Islamabad without proper approval. This information was shared during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination. The committee&#8217;s 35th meeting, held at the CDA Secretariat, aimed to receive a comprehensive report on the implementation status of previous\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WE-MUST-DO-OUR-PART-TO-CONTINUE-TO-SUPPORT-THE-FLOOD-AFFECTEES-1.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WE-MUST-DO-OUR-PART-TO-CONTINUE-TO-SUPPORT-THE-FLOOD-AFFECTEES-1.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WE-MUST-DO-OUR-PART-TO-CONTINUE-TO-SUPPORT-THE-FLOOD-AFFECTEES-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Chairman CDA Reveals 600 Illegal Housing Societies Operating in Twin Cities","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=17900","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}