KARACHI, July 4: The Karachi Building Control Authority has declared the Friends Square building in Malir Town dangerous and issued a notice to its residents to vacate it.

The KBCA committee on dangerous buildings issued such a notice in view of its dilapidated condition, stating that the building on plot no 427, Bostan Raza Model Colony, Malir, might collapse during a windstorm and heavy rains and cause loss of life and property.

The KBCA in a statement on Wednesday said it would not be responsible for any tragedy if the inmates did not vacate the building.

Meanwhile, the KBCA demolition squad carried out operations in various towns of Karachi and razed illegal structures.

The team demolished illegal RCC columns on plot SR-13, 16/1 at the sixth floor of the building and also pulled down shutterings in Serai Quarters, Saddar Town.

It also demolished illegal structures, a partition and construction at the fifth floor on plot 6-SR-9 in the same area.

In Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Block-3, Bihar Muslim Cooperative Housing Society, on Plot 192, the partition walls of the second floor were demolished while the steel bars of columns were removed. — PPI