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SBCA is asked to display a board carrying QR Barcode-based approval at their under construction buildings in Karachi by Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah, so that the people and the government could differentiate between the legal and illegal structure.
He took this decision in a meeting with a delegation of Association of Builders & Developers (ABAD) led by its Chairman Mohsin Sheikhani held at CM House.
Shah directed SBCA to issue bar codes to the old buildings and they would have to display them on the buildings.
The builder told the chief minister that the approvals of their projects were pending with SBCA from 2011.
At this, the chief minister directed SBCA to approve the layout plans if they meet their required formalities, otherwise return them to the concerned builders/applicants so that they could file their request afresh.
The meeting was also attended by Minister for Labour Saeed Ghani, Minister Local Government Nasir Shah, Advisor law Murtaza Wahab, Administrator KMC Iftikhar Shahalwani, Commissioner Karachi Sohail Rajput, Secretary Local Government Najam Shah, Secretary Information Imran Atta, director generals of KDA, MDA and LDA and DG SBCA.
The direction of the Sindh CM came in the backdrop of illegally constructed, multi-storied residential-cum-commercial buildings in Karachi having emerged as one of the major civic problems in the city. In the recent past, some of these buildings accidentally collapsed resulting in loss of lives and injuries to people.
Illegal buildings also cause vehicular parking, sewerage, drainage, water supply, and waste disposal problems in Karachi.
The CM said that opined that illegally constructed buildings had emerged as a major civic problem in Karachi and that the government was going to take stern action against it.
The people through their mobile applications would be able scan the barcode and ascertain whether the building was legal or illegal, he said and added it would also be easy for the government to differentiate between the legal and illegal structures so that action could be taken accordingly.
The ABAD delegation told the chief minister that the transfer of title in Hawksbay scheme was still pending with the board of revenue.
The chief minister directed the senior member board of revenue (SMBR) to address the grievances of the builders and get the titles transferred in time.
The ABAD delegation also took up the issue of EPA clearances for their new projects for which the chief minister directed his advisor on Environment Murtaza Wahab to sit with ABAD delegation and resolve all their issues.
He also asked him to simplify the EPA approval procedures.
The chief minister assured the ABAD delegation of his full support to redress all their grievances so that legal construction could be promoted in the city.
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