The government of the construction industry, the decision to run on the fast track, the government multi-storey high-level design committee authority over the map approved for building approval LDA returned.
On the direction of Chief Secretary Punjab Jawad Rafique Malik, the Secretary Local Government has issued a notification. The authority to approve maps has been returned to all authorities, including the LDA. Earlier, LDA used to send cases of major highways of Lahore city to the High-Level Design Committee while maps of multi-storied buildings are also sent for approval which used to take several months and for approval of urban cases. They used to hang on the waiting cross.
Nineteen highways including Lahore Canal, Jail Road, Multan Road, Ferozepur Road were with HLDC on which LDA did not have the authority to pass the map. This initiative of the Punjab government will facilitate the citizens in the difficult and arduous task of passing the map and will also take less time for approval.
Extracted from City42 News