KARACHI, April 30: The Action Committee for Civic Problems has said the “survey list” regarding the people affected by the Lyari Expressway Project, also submitted to the UN fact-finding mission, is full of errors and not transparent.

At a press conference held here at the Karachi Press Club on Wednesday, the committee’s chairman, Baseer Naveed, pointed out various ambiguities, claiming “the whole process of land allotment is questionable.”

He produced a survey list of 600 affected people, saying that the list was without any marked survey number and in some cases there was no mention of house numbers and ID card number.

“It appears that the city government, the expressway resettlement project or the revenue department have not carried out any survey and it has been prepared in haste by the vested interest groups,” he said. Mr Naveed said the whole process was carried out bypassing the Land Acquisition Act 1894 to pursue the agenda of the land mafia.

He demanded establishment of a judicial commission for carrying out the task of survey, allotment and compensation work under the Land Acquisition Act.

He also called for publication of such a survey, and for inviting public objection as required under the provisions of the Act.

He said the resettlement work should be stopped till the completion of work by the judicial commission.

The action committee leader urged the President and the Prime Minister to institute a high-level inquiry into the ‘irregularities committed’ in the resettlement project.

He said the experts committee set up by the city government should be reactivated and empowered to take all vital decisions.