KARACHI: City Administrator Laeeq Ahmed on Monday said that the remaining encroachments at Kidney Hill Park would also be removed in compliance with the Supreme Court’s (SC) directives.

Experts would be hired and Google Maps would also be used to ensure that no encroachment remains on the original map of the park, he explained.

The administrator passed these remarks while talking to officials concerned during his visit to the park.

Mr Ahmed visited different parts of the park, especially the encroached area, and directed officials to restore Kidney Hill Park to its original position. All action would be taken as per directives of the SC, he added.

The administrator said the vacated land should be decorated with plantation. He also directed officials to raise height of the boundary walls of the water tank, which was being built for watering the plants.

He was informed that illegal residents on the park’s land had been issued notices and asked to bulldoze the houses or else the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s anti-encroachment department would take action.

The administrator said that reconstruction of Kidney Hill Park was started in September 2019 on the apex court’s directives.

Published in Dawn, January 5th, 2021