RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has moved to establish a dedicated Enforcement Directorate to carry out coordinated and effective enforcement operations within its jurisdiction.
According to an RDA handout issued on September 7, a meeting to review the Terms of Reference (TORs) for the proposed Enforcement Directorate was held at the RDA Conference Room on the directions of the Commissioner Rawalpindi Division and Director General RDA Salman Ghani. The meeting was chaired by the Commissioner Rawalpindi.
Director Administration RDA Nosheen Israr gave a presentation on the proposed Enforcement Directorate and its operational mechanism. She informed the participants that the proposed system would ensure coordinated, effective and result-oriented enforcement operations across areas falling under the jurisdiction of the RDA.
The meeting was told that officers and officials from four major operational directorates of the RDA — Town Planning, Building Control, Estate Management and Land Development — would be engaged in enforcement activities.
The participants also decided that support from Punjab Police Rawalpindi and the PEERA Force would be sought, wherever required, for operations against encroachments, illegal constructions and under-construction buildings, as well as illegal and unapproved housing schemes operating within the area under RDA control.
The proposed Enforcement Directorate would provide a coordinated institutional framework for enforcement operations, improve field coordination among relevant RDA directorates and ensure effective action against violations of planning and building regulations and illegal development activities.
The Commissioner Rawalpindi appreciated Director Administration Nosheen Israr for presenting a comprehensive proposal and directed that the proposed TORs be finalised at the earliest so that the Enforcement Directorate could be made fully operational in an effective and professional manner.
Additional DG RDA Masood Ahmad Bukhari, Chief Planner RDA Muhammad Tahir Meo, Director Estate Management Iftikhar Ali, Director Land Ghazanfar Ali Awan, Director Finance Masood Arshad, Director Engineering Komal Chaudhry, Deputy Director Finance Ayesha Badar, Deputy Director IT Dawood Khalid and other RDA officers attended the meeting.
