Karachi to be made encroachment-free city: KMC official

The anti-encroachment department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is on its way to clean the city of all encroachments, a senior official said Tuesday.

On Tuesday, KMC officials conducted anti-encroachment operations
in Karachi’s East, Korangi and South districts.

During the operation in East district’s Gulshan Iqbal area,
the KMC anti-encroachment team confiscated generators and cleared encroachments
on footpaths and service lanes. KMC Additional Director Shakir Zaki, deputy
directors Rehan Siddiqui, Ghulam Moinuddin and Amin Lakhani, supervised the
operation.

In District Korangi, KMC officials visited various markets
and served notices to shop owners to remove encroachments in front of their
shops, on sidewalks and service roads.

They impounded “soft” encroachments including
tables and chairs placed outside the shops which had already been warned. KMC
Korangi Director Mussarat Ali, along with Assistant Director Mohammad Nawab,
led the operation.

KMC Senior Director Bashir Siddiqui supervised the operation
in District South. It was conducted in “Dupatta Gali” near Fresco
Chowk. Officials removed cabins, stalls, push carts, tables and chairs from the
footpaths and service lanes during the drive.

KMC Deputy Director Iftikhar Siddiqui and local police also
took part in the operation.

Siddiqui told SAMAA Digital that anti-encroachment
operations continued in the city on the directives of the Supreme Court.

“The KMC anti-encroachment department is on its way to make Karachi an encroachment-free city by conducting operations in all areas day and night,” he said.

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