ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Housing and Works Muhammad Shabbir Ali Friday informed the Senate that survey of Built up Property (BUP) in Sector G-14/1 could not be completed due to resistance by local residents, and said the assessment was underway through Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.
Speaking in the House, he said it was responsibility of Islamabad City Administration to carry out the survey in the sector.
The Chairman Senate directed the minister to speed up the process of survey.
Leader of the House Shibli Faraz also stressed the ministry to proactively pursue the matter.
According to written reply of the ministry, the Housing Foundation charged the amount from allottees on account of cost of land, built-up property and development charges. However, the Housing Foundation had not taken any development charges from the allottees of G-14/1 as no development work was being carried out in the sub-sector. Moreover, no amount whatsoever had been paid to the affectees of the sub-sector on account of compensation for Built Up Property.
“Maximum area of Mauza Chalow and Mauza Jhangi Syedian lies in sub sector G-14/1 and affectees of the sub sector had been paid compensation regarding cost of land as per their Mauzas, not sub sector wise. Compensation to affectees was made through Land Acquisition Collector (LAC), Islamabad. In this regard, the Housing Foundation had already made payment to LAC. 80 percent affectees had received compensation regarding cost of land whereas, remaining 20 percent affectees had not received it due to their own land disputes in the court of law.
“The survey of BUP was going on. However, in some areas of G-14/1, access was not being granted to survey teams by the local residents of the area. Hence, the assessment of BUPs had been completed through Geographic Information System (GIS) technology.”
The House was informed that after compilation of physical survey, the award for payment of BUP will be announced by the Land Acquisition Collector. As G-14/1 was densely occupied, therefore considerable time period was required for vacation and subsequent development. Tender for consultant for designing, estimation, and execution had been cancelled and would be issued at a later stage.
