KARACHI: Plot status change fee goes up on Feb 1: Commercialised roads
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Jan 6: The revised fee structure for conversion of residential plots along the 21 commercialised roads of the metropolis to commercial ones will be applicable from February 1 and the owners of such plots have been advised to submit an application for the purpose by January 30.
The proposal to revise the commercialisation fee upwards was submitted by the Master Plan Group of Offices to City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, who approved the new fee structure on Saturday after a through discussion.
The City Council had commercialised the 21 thoroughfares three years ago and had also approved that the owners of properties along these roads be allowed to get the status of their plots changed on payment of a certain amount as fee to the city government. The fee for different categories of plots ranged from Rs1,000 to Rs8,000 per square yards. The city government had decided to utilise the revenues thus generated in financing the development projects of the respective localities.
The city government maintains that the increase in commercialisation fee was justified because millions of rupees were being spent in developing and beautifying these commercial areas by the CDGK. Besides, the infrastructure of these areas is also being strengthened. The input of funds generated through the fee collection would help the city government further improve these areas, it argues.
The roads commercialised by the City Council are: Sharea Faisal (Metropole to Malir Bridge), Tariq Road (Allahwali Chowrangi to Bahadurabad commercial area and Sindhi Muslim Society to Sharea Faisal), Captain Farid Bukhari Road, Rashid Minhas Road (Scheme 16, 24 & 36 from Drive-in to Shafique Morr), University Road (Scheme 24 & 36 from Civic Centre to Safoora Chowrangi), Shahrah-i-Pakistan (Scheme 16 from Teen Hatti Bridge to Sohrab Goth), Nazimabad A Road (Lasbella Bridge to Circular Railway line left side), Shershah Suri Road in North Nazimabad (Board Office to Sakhi Hassan on both sides), Block B-N and Block A-J, Shahrah-i-Jahangir in North Nazimabad (Block H to L), Khayaban-i-Iqbal (Clifton Road Bridge to Do Talwar), Khayaban-i-Jami (Plots ST-10 to ST-13), Khalid Bin Waleed Road (Plot K-107 to 168 G. Church), Jamaluddin Afghani Road (PTV Station to Plot No. 1 adjacent to Shaheed-i-Millat), Allama Iqbal Road (Kashmir Road to Jheel Park on both sides), Sir Syed Ahmed Road (Tariq Road to Khalid bin Waleed Road on both sides), Shaheed-i-Millat Road (Haider Ali Chowrangi to Jail Chowrangi), Chaudhry Khaleeq-uz-Zaman Road (Block 8 & 9 Askari Market to Chaudhry Khaleeq-uz-Zaman Colony), Beach Avenue Road (Darakhshan PS to Casino Chowrangi), Khayaban-i-Saadi, Khyaban-i-Rumi, Nishtar Road and Alamgir Road.
