(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) By Farhad Naibkhel
KABUL: Ministry of Interior in an agreement with the Kabul Municipality,
handed over a police unit titled 'municipality military detachment' to prevent
illegal construction and garbing land challenges in Kabul.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Sunday by
Acting Interior Minister, Massoud Andarabi and Kabul Mayor, Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz
to boost cooperation under the frame of newly established detachment.
Acting Minister for Interior Ministry Masoud Andarabi said
that this detachment will operate with 409 soldiers and officers in order to
prevent construction of illegal buildings and usurping of lands in Kabul city
and its districts
Speaking at a joint press conference with Kabul mayor said
that this detachment will help the municipality to implement law through the
frame of municipality's strategy and prevent construction buildings which are
against city planning in Kabul.
All facilities and equipments will be provided to the unit
by interior ministry and it will operate under order of municipality, he added.
No police including police headquarters officers and
intelligence figures of the interior ministry has the right to interfere in
construction affairs and issue of grabbing lands, after the new detachment
started operation, otherwise they will face legal action, he emphasized.
Asking the people, acting minister said that if anyone faced
police interference except the newly established detachment in construction
fields inform to the interior ministry.
In some cases, if the ministry needed more power interior
ministry will support the detachment, he mentioned.
Pointing to establishment of another department in interior
ministry named 'Internal Security Department,' he said that this department
will work against corruption in police crew as well as struggle to prevent
influence of spays and insurgents in police crew.
Kabul Mayor Ahmad Zaki Sarfaraz while voicing pleasure over
establishing of the detachment, said that implementation of municipality plan
faced many challenges and stubbornness reached at a high level in Kabul city.
He said that many buildings constructed in contrary with the municipality plan
without parking and proper canalization in Kabul city.
Often municipality stopped construction of illegal buildings
in different part of the city, but they worked at nights or on Fridays, he
noted.
Only municipality won't be able to address all issues, interior
ministry must support us in the aspect, he underlined.
It is pertained to mention that the growth of population day
by day has led to an increasing number of constructions, among them few are
legal and a large number can be found to be illegal. These illegal
constructions are done without any proper authority, and they don't have any
legal documents of the area to construct. Some powerful figures including
governmental, members of parliament and jihadi parties were behind the illegal
construction toll buildings in Kabul city.
Beside high population other main causes of illegal
construction are poverty, urbanization and excess need of housing demands.
In some cases people has lodge some complaints to the
municipality, but it was not addressed due to some challenges.
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