Most of the
encroachments are carried out by the shopkeepers who have extended their businesses by taking over the space in front of their shops, while many others have allowed the vendors to run their businesses outside their shops for a small amount of money.The famed Anarkali Bazaar, located few yards away from the Town Hall, is tainted with bloated shops and stalls, as in a small market area over 30,000 shops have been established.
Similarly in Samanabad Zone, 18 temporary
encroachments were removed from Gulshan-e-Ravi Market.
remove
encroachments from cantt areas.The
encroachments can be witnessed in almost all commercial areas including Raja Bazaar, Bara Bazaar, Trunk Bazaar, China Market, Iqbal Road, City Saddar Road, Mochi Bazaar, Dalgaran Bazaar, Sadiqabad, Muslim Town, Commercial Market, Banni, Jamia Masjid Road, Circular Road, Bani Chowk, Asghar Mall Road, Faizabad, Double Road, Pirwadhai, Dhoke Mangtal, Dhoke Ratta, Gangmandi, Adiala Road, Murree Road, Tench Bhatta, Chungi no.
According to a MCR spokesman, the officials are trying to remove
encroachments from all areas.
Meanwhile, they said, action against
encroachments in different areas of the city continued as the KMC's anti-encroachment staff removed the extended floors and other
encroachments in front of shops in Khori Garden area of district South.
The apex court, however ordered that residential units should not be targeted during the anti-encroachment drive when it took up the plea of Sindh government to review the earlier decision of removing the
encroachments from the city.
The citizens of Shikarpur city as well as the city welfare Associations and Civil Society Organizations has praised the action against the illegal
encroachments in city which were made by illegal occupants Mafia.
The metropolitan commissioner, who was supervising the operation, told journalists at the site that over 5,000
encroachments were raised in front of the KMC's 139 shops.
Moreover he vowed to initiate a grand operation against
encroachment after formation of policy and to monitor the performance of UC inspector after removal of
encroachments in their respective areas.
Authorities have been tearing down
encroachments which had existed for decades, and have cleared out Empress Market, Burns Road and Khori Garden.
The mayor said that the SC order for the removal of
encroachments had now paved the way for strict action against encroachers and land grabbers, many of whom had earlier obtained stay orders to keep the grabbed land under their illegal occupation.
The three parties agreed in the report filed in the court for continuing anti
encroachment drive in city.
