Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday said that after Mehmoodabad nullah more stormwater drains would be cleared of encroachments. DawnNewsTV/File
KARACHI: Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Sunday said that after Mehmoodabad nullah more stormwater drains would be cleared of encroachments.
He said residents of demolished houses would be provided house rent for two years and the provincial government was planning a housing scheme where the affected families would be given priority.
“All stakeholders are on same page regarding removal of encroachments,” the minister said while visiting Mahmoodabad-Manzoor Colony nullah.
He said that large-sized encroachments, including houses would be removed from Mehmoodabad nullah from Monday (today).
People whose houses will be demolished to be provided rent for two years, says Nasir
Karachi
January 11, 2021
The residents of houses to be demolished in anti-encroachment drives will be provided house rent for two years.
Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah made this promise on Sunday as he paid a visit to the Mehmoodabad Nullah where a major anti-encroachment operation is scheduled to start today (Monday).
The minister said that after the Mehmoodabad nullah, encroachments would be removed from other areas in Karachi as well.
He also announced that the Sindh government was planning a housing scheme where the people affected by anti-encroachment drives would be given a priority.