Saturday 23 / November / 2024
Muscat: As part of Muscat Municipality's efforts to eliminate illegal plot holdings that are an infringement on public rights, the General Directorate of Muscat Municipality in Baushar registered in 2020-2022 a removal of 33 illegal possessions in various locations, which were seized illegally, and in violation of the regulations and laws stipulated.
The reasons for the removal have varied, as five were removed due to the acquisition of space behind the land plot and overlap with the boundaries of the beach, another was also detected after making additions with fixed materials outside the owner's land plot without obtaining the required licence to make them.
Two properties were removed due to the acquisition of a part of the street and its inclusion in the land fence, and another was part of the lane and planted with trees, while holdings of government land amounted to about 14 out of 33 acquisitions during the two years referred to. The rest of the reasons for the possessions varied between the work of occupations outside the boundaries of the land, or the work of non-fixed additions, the construction of a concrete wall outside the plot, and other land acquisition for the work of stockyards.
Muscat Municipality confirms the illegality of this phenomenon, which represents an infringement of the public right or exceeding the requirements of the buildings, while stressing at the same time its progress in taking all necessary measures in coordination with the concerned authorities to stop the phenomenon of illegal acquisitions.
