A meeting to review the proposed amendments in the bylaws of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) was held under the chairmanship of Minister Housing & Urban Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed. Secretary Housing Zafar Nasarullah Khan, DG LDA Amna Imran and representatives of builders and developers attended the meeting. Addressing the meeting, Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed said that complexity of laws create hurdles for people and builders. The purpose of proposed amendments is to provide relief and to save the people from different complexities. The realistic amendments in LDA bylaws will also promote construction industry.
Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed instructed that all the stakeholders should be taken into confidence while drafting amendments regarding service design, marketing, layout, planning standards and NOC of housing schemes. The recommendations and genuine demands of builders and developers should also be considered in this process. With the introduction of realistic amendments in the bylaws, the problems being faced by the people would be addressed to the optimal level, he said. The participants were also briefed about the proposed amendments in bylaws of housing schemes in detail. The meeting deliberated upon the proposed amendments’ clause wise and listened to viewpoints of LDA Authorities and representatives of builders and developers.