KARACHI, April 28: A division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justices Mrs Qaiser Iqbal and Syed Mehmood Alam Rizvi on Monday stayed the construction of the Gizri overhead bridge on a petition filed by the area residents.

The bench issued the order on a petition filed by Salma Iqbal Chundrigar and 12 other residents of the DHA Phase V against the construction of an overhead bridge from Submarine Chowrangi to Khayaban-i-Tanzeem over main Gizri Road, DHA V.

Petitioners contended that they were being deprived of their legitimate right to protection from nuisance, pollution and other natural corollaries of commercialisation by the Defence Housing Authority in violation of the Environment Protection Act 2002 and that no prior notice had been issued to the area residents regarding its construction.—PPI