GOVERNMENT HAS WARNED LOCAL AUTHORITIES AGAINST APPROVING UNNECESSARY CHANGE OF LAND USE FROM PLAY PARKS OR OPEN SPACES TO ANY OTHER USE.Minister of Local Government, Charles Banda says his office has continued to receive applications from people intending to change land use designated for play parks and recreation facilities for personal gain, despite the 2018 circular on change of land use for parks or open spaces still in effect.Dr Banda was speaking in Lusaka yesterday, when he visited some selected parks and open spaces located in different parts of the city where he discovered that houses and other buildings have been erected on the land meant for recreation.Dr Banda lamented that in spite of the important role that these facilities play in creating a conducive urban environment, all the parks and open spaces in the country are either in a bad state or some people have changed the use of the land to other activities.The […]
GOVERNMENT TO DEMOLISH STRUCTURES BUILT ON STRATEGIC LAND
