KARACHI: A model graveyard was being developed by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in Surjani Town at a cost of over Rs40 million, said Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Friday.

Briefing media persons after chairing a meeting in this regard at the KMC head office on M.A. Jinnah Road, the mayor said the graveyard was being developed on 10 acres and would be developed in four phases with Rs10m being spent on each phase.

He said the KMC was developing the graveyard after 28 years and this model graveyard being developed in Sector 16 of Surjani Town would meet requirements of the metropolis for the next 10 years.

He said that the KMC would also be spending over Rs20m on the repair, maintenance and construction of boundary walls around the existing graveyards of the city. He said that bylaws were also being formulated for graveyards.

Earlier, the mayor chaired a meeting that was attended by KMC officials concerned, including Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra, technical director S. M. Shukaib, additional director of graveyards Iqbal Pervaiz and others.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2017