Tehran Governorate Sends List of Construction Violations to Prosecutor's Office

Eslamshahr – The Tehran Governorate announced that wartime conditions and social issues must not prevent action against illegal construction, and that negligent officials in Eslamshahr will be referred to the prosecutor.

According to Mehr reporter, Zahra Ahmadi, Director General of the Office of Monitoring and Protection of the Urban Space of Tehran Governorate, says that in the last two to three months, about 300 ongoing constructions have been identified in Islamshahr, which must be stopped immediately.

Zahra Ahmadi warned that the mayors and prefects who fail in this regard, their case will be referred to the judicial authority for decision.

Ahmadi, who was speaking at the meeting of the Islamshahr Prevention and Countering Illegal Construction Headquarters on Wednesday morning, added: These cases were recorded through the real-time monitoring system.

Referring to the sensitive conditions of the country, he emphasized: dealing with unauthorized construction should not be influenced by war conditions and social issues.

According to him, if timely action is not taken, profit-seeking and opportunistic people will abuse this space.

The Director General of the Office of Supervision and Protection of the Urban Space of Tehran Governorate stated: The Governorate stands firmly to prevent all violations in the field of unauthorized constructions and no expediency is accepted in this direction.

Ahmadi considered prevention during construction to be the basic principle in this area and said: the confrontation must be done before establishing the violation; That is, at the same time as the implementation of the construction operation, a notification should be issued and the continuation of the work should be prevented.

According to him, with this method neither the people will be harmed nor the responsible institutions will face wide social consequences.

He announced to the mayors and prefects that from now on the list of identified cases will be sent to the governor of the city and a copy of it will be sent to the prosecutor.

According to him, if there is any violation, both within the city limits and in the districts, the matter will be handed over to the judicial authority.

Ahmadi also emphasized on sending the daily reports of the municipalities to the province, determining the responsibility of the cities' privacy and holding a joint meeting with the Director General of Tehran Municipality's privacy.

In the end, he thanked the efforts of the active institutions in this field and said: We all have the same goal and we all want this land to be preserved for future generations.