KARACHI, Dec 9: On the directives of Gulshan Town Nazim Mohammad Wasey Jaleel, the land department has removed encroachments from the areas surrounding the National Stadium.
A statement issued here on Thursday said that TMO Mattanat Ali Khan supervised the anti-encroachment activities.
The anti-encroachment team of the land department removed two illegal rooms, a big shed and a huge hall from the vicinity of the National Stadium.
The team also removed almost 15 cemented pavements and some 30 encroachments including roadside stalls, pushcarts, chairs, tables and iron stands from Sailaani Chowk in UC-2.
The statement also said that the teams had removed around 100 encroachments from different areas of the town and dispatched the seized items to the town store.
Meanwhile, following the directives of Saddar Town Nazim Mohammad Dilawer anti-encroachment teams removed 300 roadside stalls and seized 10 sugarcane juicer machines from different areas of the town.
The anti-encroachment squad removed encroachments from M.A. Jinnah Road, Hasrat Mohani Road, Pakistan Chowk and surroundings of Haqqani Chowk, said a statement issued here on Friday.
The team also removed some 150 wooden stages from outside a hotel at green belt, Clifton.
The town nazim also asked shopkeepers to contact on the phone nos: 9211429/9211390 to register their complaints.
Meanwhile, Mr Dilawer along with other town officials visited different areas of the town to review the cleaning and anti-encroachment activities.
He warned the officials of stern action against them on any slackness in implementation of the orders in this regard.
Meanwhile, North Karachi Town Nazim Mohammad Hanif Soorti said that stern action would be taken against the absent town staff.
He said this while visiting offices of concerned departments in the central town office here on Thursday, said a statement.
Mr Soorti checked the attendance register in the offices to verify the attendance of the town staff and also ordered to deduct four days’ salary of the absentees.
Meanwhile, he also visited the “Wednesday Bachat Bazar” arranged in an area of the town and expressed his displeasure over the mismanagement in the bazar.
He directed the organizing committees of the bazar to arrange this bazar next time according to a map provided by the town administration. Broad passages should be built in the bazar to facilitate easy movement of the women customers.
Mr Soorti also directed the stall holders to register themselves with the town offices and get their identity cards from the office and display their cards on their chests. An anti-encroachment drive should be launched to remove encroachments from the surroundings of the bazar, he further directed.—APP
