30 September 2004	Thursday	14 Shaban 1425

HYDERABAD, Sept 29: City Taluka Nazim Moinuddin Shaikh here on Monday handed over demand notices to 30 residents of Dadan Shah kutchi abadi.

Speaking at a ceremony at the Jinnah Hall, the nazim said the taluka council was making efforts to provide basic amenites to people.

He said the taluka administration had approached the Sindh and federal governments to regularize kutchi abadis whose inhabitants had been waiting for proprietary rights since 1978.

Mr Shaikh said the Taluka Municipal Administration had not received any grant from the government and it was providing facilities to people from its own resources. He said that a Rs500 million package announced by the government had not been released.

He said the taluka administration had spent Rs3 million on improvement of sewerage and water supply system. He said it had obtained approval for construction of a road from North Colony to the National Highway, which would cost Rs7.5 million, and a drain that would cost Rs7 million.

The assistant director, kutchi abadis, Afaq Ahmad, and naib nazims of various union councils were also present on the occasion.