Islamabad:Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has halted approvals of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) new sectors and National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) project on disturbing ecology.
The CDA sectors C-14, C-15 and C-16 approvals were halted as the already built road for the sectors was passing into the vicinity of Margalla Hills National Park, an EPA official told this agency on Sunday.
He said the EPA raised objection that land falling into the vicinity of Margalla Hills National Park should be de-notified in order to avoid damage to the National Park during the development of the newly planned sectors.
However, no reply was received from the CDA and the project was stopped till the proper action is taken by CDA in this regard, he said adding NTDC was extending its power structure which was partially lying in the vicinity of the National Park whereas the Director of Islamabad Wildlife Management Board had written EPA to look into the matter as the construction was posing threat to the ecology in the National Park. Therefore, the NTDC was directed to stop the project and come up with a better implementation plan, not violating the environmental law, he added.
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