LAHORE: The
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued an injunction on the Lahore Master
Plan 2050, halting construction work on the project indefinitely.
Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi approved the Lahore Master Plan 2050 while presiding over the eighth meeting of the LDA Governing Body on December 21.
During today's proceedings، The government's representative lawyer told the court that the provincial government launched the Narrator Urban Project under the Lahore Master Plan 2050 to protect the provincial capital from environmental pollution۔
The petitioner requested that the court order the government to take steps to prevent environmental pollution۔ He called on the court to stop illegal construction under the pretext of the Lahore Master Plan۔
Lahore High Court issued a notice to the Punjab government, the Chief Secretary, and other parties before postponing the proceedings for two weeks.
On December 22, Justice Shahid Karim of Lahore High Court expressed concern at the Lahore Master Plan 2050, saying that the future of agricultural land was at stake۔
He observed this during the hearing of several petitions of farmers challenging the alleged forced acquisition and sale of land by the Ravi Urban Development Authority ( RUDA )۔
The judge noted that the world chose vertical residential buildings instead of spreading cities on the ground, saying that smog had reached dangerous levels۔
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