KARACHI: Sindh Building Control Authority’s (SBCA) campaign against violators of building rules and regulations was sped up.
Officials sharing details of the exercise said on Thursday that SBCA demolished around fifteen unauthorised structures, built on varied plots, scattered around the metropolis.
Different teams of SBCA’s demolition squad pulled down additional storeys besides destroying prohibited constructions that violated the rules.
The exercise was said to be initiated in compliance to the directives of SBCA’s Director General Noor Muhammad Laghari.
Additional unauthorised structures raised on buildings constructed on plots in Bihar Colony area were demolished whereas concrete structures at Aram-Bagh area in Saddar Town were also brought down.
Unauthorised structures at two different plots in SITE area were also demolished along with the demolition of structures at three different plots in Nazimabad area.
Officials mentioned that most of these plots could not have more than three storeys as per rules, but were vertically raised, risking the surrounding houses.
Moreover, certain area were supposed to be maintained as open space on every plot to ensure neighbourhood rights that were being violated in several of the cases.
The demolition was said to be also conducted in areas as Federal B area, Buffer Zone, Gulberg Town, Jamshed Quarters, Khudadad Colony, Millat Town and Culshan e Iqbal area.
A functional private bank, in Buffer Zone, was also sealed as part of the campaign since it was found to be established on an unauthorised plot.
