HYDERABAD: Railways urged to withdraw claim on kutcha abadis
By Our Correspondent
HYDERABAD, July 28: The Hyderabad District Council on Saturday approved a set of recommendations, urging the railway department to withdraw its claim on those lands where kutcha abadis were located, put an end to irregularities in ticket and reservation systems and improve the quality of food on platforms.
The report was prepared by the council’s railway liaison committee, headed by Mir Ghulamullah Talpur, and was submitted before the council by Dr Abdul Aziz Gaddi.
It said that those kutcha abadis which were in existence since the inception of Pakistan were covered by the MLO (presidential order) no 67/1978 and in 1994 railway authorities had promised to the Hyderabad commissioner that the department would withdraw from its lands.
The report deplored that the Badin-Hyderabad Railway Line was closed although the line was in operation even before the creation of the country.
It said the railway department had reduced the railway service to once a week from thrice in a day although transport activities in the area had increased to a great extent after army garrison was established in Badin, adding that the reducing of service was not in the benefit of the area, which was oil rich.
The report also lamented that the by-pass which was approved for the area of the Hyderabad Railway was left incomplete.
It recommended that the by-pass should be completed as soon as possible and another passage should be constructed from Odean Cinema to American Quarters on the pattern of Latifabad unit-7.
It said members of the district council should be given concession in tickets.
The report underscored the need that the procedure of booking, reservation, parcel and ticket system should be conducted in a transparent way and people should be refunded money on government rates.
