CDA Starts Working on Law for Land Acquisition at Market Rate

To ensure that land acquisition in the capital city is carried out at market rates, CDA has formed a nine-member committee to amend the Capital Development Authority’s Ordinance of 1960. The proposed amendment will ensure that CDA pays appropriate compensation to individuals whose land had been acquired but not compensated based on the market rate of the property. The respective committee will determine the compensation in the coming days.

Previously, the federal cabinet barred CDA from making compulsory land acquisitions for housing purposes. It implied that the CDA would not acquire land in the eight zones of the capital. Originally, CDA in the 1960s’ had been given the administrative authority to acquire land to develop the different sectors. However, it failed to develop the lands in sectors D-13, E-13, F-13, C-13, C-16, I-17 and H-16. Several plots in these sectors had been acquired in 1989 when the CDA auctioned plots to 4000 citizens. Unfortunately, the development work remains at ground zero even after many decades. The plot owners have complained that many of those issued allotment letters had already passed away while waiting for the promised development. To resolve the lack of development in sector E-12, CDA awarded the contract for its development, and work is underway.