CDA asked to revise building byelaws to capitalize on construction industry package
- July 13, 2020
The Prime Minister of Pakistan had announced an attractive
package for construction industry to boost the economy, however, CDA has not
taken any steps to revise its construction laws in line with the requirements of
the construction industry package and this situation could create problems for
construction activities in Islamabad. Therefore, CDA should revise its building
byelaws to facilitate the construction sector and notify them as soon as possible
so that construction and business activities could flourish in the federal capital.
This was stressed by Muhammad Ahmed Waheed, President, Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a press statement.
ICCI President said that about 4 years ago, CDA Board had approved revised
industrial building byelaws which addressed height of industrial buildings and
allowed multi businesses on industrial plots, but CDA has not notified them as
yet due to which industrial growth in Islamabad was stagnant. He urged that CDA
should notify the approved amended industrial building byelaws to facilitate the
industrial development in the capital. He further said that lease of many
industrial and commercial plots in Islamabad was pending due to complicated
lease renewal process of CDA. Due to this situation not only business activities
were suffering, CDA was also losing revenue of billions of rupees in the form of
lease renewal charges. He emphasized that CDA should streamline lease renewal
process and renew all pending leases of industrial and commercial plots. He said
without renewal of leases, commercial and industrial establishments were not
able to avail the financing facility of banks for expansion and growth.
Muhammad Ahmed Waheed said that after depositing building map for
construction projects, one has to wait for 2-3 years for its approval due to which
development of the federal capital was very slow. He said that due to such
difficult procedures, domestic and foreign investors were feeling no incentive to
invest in construction projects in the federal capital. He stressed that CDA should
define timelines for every activity and approve all pending maps of industrial and
commercial buildings in order to spur the construction activity in the federal
capital.