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HYDERABAD, Jul 08 (APP):In the ongoing investigation concerning collection and utilization of the Betterment Charges from the builders of the commercial buildings, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned officers of the concerned civic agencies.
The bureau’s Deputy Director Coordination Sanaullah has written a letter to officers of Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC), Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HWSC) and Qasimabad Municipal Corporation (QMC) in this regard.
They have been informed through the letter that a team of NAB Karachi headed by Additional Director Fayaz Hussain Abbasi would visit Hyderabad from July 9 to 11.
The Regional Director of SBCA, Chief Municipal Commissioner of HMC, CEO of HWSC and Municipal Commissioner of QMC have been directed to appear before the inquiry team.
They have been further ordered to bring the entire record of collection and expenditure of the Better Charges collected since the year 2011.
The letter warned the officers that non-compliance would result in prosecution for compromises, hampering, misleading, jeopardizing or defeating the inquiry.
The Betterment Charges are collected from builders and developers of commercial apartments so that they could be provided water supply, drainage and roads services.