January 05, 2009	Monday	Muharram 07, 1430

KARACHI, Jan 4: People who have been alloted land in a housing scheme of Gadap Town have urged the city government to help them take possession of their plots occupied by unscrupulous elements.

Around 2,000 plots measuring 80 and 120 square yards were allotted in the Al-Shahbaz Housing Scheme to the applicants from the low-income group in 1985. Most of them have not been able to take possession of their plots despite having paid the cost and cleared the relevant dues.

Some of the affected allottees told Dawn that many of the plots had been grabbed by unscrupulous elements operating in the area and trading in estate. Neither the Gadap Town administration nor the local police were responding to their complaints against these elements, they said.

“We have also written to the city nazim, DCO and the EDO concerned but to no avail,” they added, pointing out that they had remained deprived of their plots for more than two decades.