QUETTA, Jul 15 (APP): On the directives of the Balochistan High Court (BHC), the Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (QMC) Wednesday launched a crackdown against the private hospitals of the city over violating of building codes.
“Following the directives of the Balochistan High Court, QMC had initiated a survey of the hospitals working within the city and a formal action against the violators of building codes has been kicked off today in the light of the survey report,” said Tariq Javed Mengal, Administrator QMC.
Talking to the media persons, he lamented that private hospitals have created serious problems for the smooth flow of traffic in the provincial capital. “The management of the majority of the hospitals had earmarked parking places in their maps approved from the concerned government departments before construction of their respective hospital building, however, the survey revealed that on the ground there was no facility of the parking for the visiting patients.
It was also learned during the survey that in the parking areas laboratories have been established. The crackdown would continue until the management of the private hospitals come up with a viable solution to parking places and other violations of the building code, Mengal maintained.
He went on saying that Metropolitan Corporation is also mulling over launching a crackdown on the commercial plazas constructed in the residential localities.
VNS Quetta
