KARACHI, July 16: An amenity plot reserved for construction of a girls college in Lyari has been occupied and encroached upon and commercial structures are built without paying any municipal taxes.

The amenity plot, measuring 12,600 square yards has been situated on Shah Waliullah Road in Darayabad Union Council area and work onthe proposed college could not be undertaken by the concerned government department due to illegal commercial structures which include godowns and shops.

Residents of the area have urged the city government to take urgent measures for removal of encroachments so that construction work on the college could be carried out.

They also urged the city district government to remove all illegal workshops and mini-truck stands in Liaquat

Colony in the Daryabad Union Council area which are a permanent source of nuisance as transporters had already been allotted plots in the new truck stand on the main Hawkesbay Road.

They said despite repeated warnings by the government, transporters had not shifted their businesses to the new site.