After the start of the monsoon, Rawalpindi’s civic agencies have declared 183 old buildings and certain cantonment areas ‘dangerous’.
Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) has declared 83 buildings dangerous and the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) declared 100 buildings unsafe after conducting a survey of the old and dilapidated buildings in the city. Forty-five of these buildings were marked ‘most dangerous’ by the agencies, and they have issued notices to the residents to either vacate or reconstruct them.
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These buildings are located in Bohar Bazaar, Naya Mohallah, Lunda Bazaar, New Sarafa Bazaar, Chittian Hattian, Bhabara Bazaar, Nishtarabad, Chachhi Mohallah, Allam Khan Road, Mohallah Niarian, Mohallah Waris Khan, Saidpuri Gate, Shah Chan Chiragh Mohallah, Talwaran Bazaar, Mochi Bazaar, Purana Qila, Raja Bazaar, Rani Bazaar, and Chowk Bansanwala.
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The civic agencies issue notices to the owners of these buildings during the monsoon every year but there has been no practical solution for the issue so far.
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