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KMC moves to clear Karachi’s Orangi nullah of encroachments
The operation starts Friday SAMAA | Sohail Khan Posted: Feb 25, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
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The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation will start an anti-encroachment operation along the 11.25km Orangi nullah Friday, officials said.
In the first phase, the KMC and district administration are
to remove soft encroachments from the stormwater drain.
It is one of the three drains that are being widened to
ensure a smooth flow of rainwater. The other two are the Gujjar and Mehmoodabad
nullahs.
The Sindh government decided to remove encroachments around
Explained: How people will be compensated along Gujjar Nullah
Houses destroyed over 30% eligible SAMAA | Sohail Khan - Posted: Feb 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago SAMAA | Sohail Khan Posted: Feb 23, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago
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The Sindh government will be financially compensating the people who will be losing their homes along Gujjar, Mehmoodabad and Orangi nullahs, which are frantically being cleared and widened before the next monsoon rains in Karachi. These three nullahs are the main ones that drain rainwater from the city into the sea but because they have been clogged up, surrounding neighbourhoods flooded to the point of crisis last August.Prime Minister Imran Khan tasked the National Disaster Management Authority with the job and it teamed up with the Sindh government to remodel the nullahs. Concrete structures on their banks would be removed to widen them so rainwater flows unobstructed.
KMC starts demolishing houses along Gujjar Nullah
Residents have been compensated, claims city govt SAMAA | Sohail Khan and Aamir Majeed - Posted: Feb 18, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago SAMAA | Sohail Khan and Aamir Majeed Posted: Feb 18, 2021 | Last Updated: 1 month ago
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This story has been updated Feb 23, 2021 to include fresh information on compensation from the government
The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has started demolishing houses along the Gujjar Nullah.
The 12.58km nullah starts from New Karachi near Noorani Muhallah and ends at Liaquatabad near Haji Mureed Goth. It is being cleared on the recommendations of a technical team to