KARACHI, Jan 11: Revenue staff of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) escorted by the local police on Friday got 300 acres of land vacated from the occupation of land mafia in Deh Halkani, Gadap Town, according to a CDGK statement issued on Friday.

It said that the government land was grabbed and illegal construction raised by the mafia. The city government’s revenue staff razed the illegal structures in a two-day operation, it added.

The city government plans to construct a university, a 50-bed hospital, a bus terminal, a spare-part factory for supplies to the Karachi Mass Transit, a driving institute and a CNG depot on the retrieved land. It said that the university, hospital and other public welfare institutions were meant for the people of Gadap, Keamari and Baldia towns.

The EDO Works and Services has been directed to chalk out PC-1 for these projects for an approval from the District Development Working Party in its next meeting so that construction work at the site could be started.

Parking plaza

The city government has decided to construct a multi-storey parking plaza near the Civic Center at a cost of Rs160 million to resolve the problem of parking on University Road.

The CDGK department of transport and communication has invited tenders from interested parties.—PPI / APP

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