KARACHI: Under-construction residential and commercial buildings in Karachi will now display a board carrying a Quick Response (QR) code, enabling the citizens concerned to quickly determine the legal status of upcoming projects in the city using their smartphones. Illegal buildings also cause vehicular parking, sewerage, drainage, water supply, and waste disposal problems in Karachi. The chief minister further asked the SBCA officials to make arrangements to issue similar QR codes for the existing buildings so that the general public could also know about their legal status. He said that the procedure of getting approval from the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency for new building projects would be simplified to facilitate the concerned developers. The chief minister further assured the delegation that his government would resolve all legitimate problems of the concerned builders swiftly to promote construction activity in Karachi.

Source: Pakistan Today September 26, 2020 15:00 UTC