All the buildings in AJK will be made under one plan, satellite monitoring system will be put in place: Meeting chaired by Chief Secretary

MUZAFFARABAD (PID) In the light of the decision of the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and on the direction of the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi, all the buildings in Azad Kashmir will be made under one plan, satellite monitoring system will be put in place for the protection of forests and green belt and preparation of building by laws.

In this connection a high level meeting was held here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Shakeel Qadir Khan.

The meeting decided that all the buildings in Azad Kashmir will be made under one code with planning and steps would be taken to introduce satellite monitoring systems and other measures for the protection of forest and green belt. Immediate steps would be taken for the rehabilitation of Jammu and Kashmir refugees1989 and other facilities including housing will be provided to them.

Additional Chief Secretary General Syed Asif Hussain, Senior Member Board of Revenue Ehsan Khalid Kayani, Secretary Finance Ismatullah Shah, Secretary Local Government Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Secretary PND Muhammad Bashir Butt, Member Board of Revenue Chaudhry Mukhtar Hussain and other relevant officials attended the meeting.

The Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir informed that the meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in which the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi and other concerned officials including Federal Ministers were present, it was decided that all constructions should be done under one code and planning. Other measures including satellite monitoring systems should be put in place for the protection of forests and green belts. Housing and other facilities will be provided to the refugees for the resettlement of Jammu and Kashmir refugees 1989 and for this purpose the government of Azad Kashmir will take immediate steps.

The Chief Secretary said that Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has also issued immediate instructions in this regard. . It was decided that a satellite monitoring system will be used for the protection of Forest and construction code and the Google system should be used until the SPARCO system is installed. It was also decided that all the Municipal Committees of Azad Kashmir should prepare a master plan for their respective areas which already have a master plan of CDO and ensure its implementation.

The Board of Revenue has already identified the area for the resettlement of refugees and now the resettlement work of the refugees will be started immediately with the help of New Pakistan Housing Authority. The land will be provided by Azad Kashmir government while the finance will be provided by the government of Pakistan. The Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir directed all departments to start work on these projects immediately.