KARACHI: A bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday took up a petition of residents against the demolition of houses adjacent to drains in Orangi Town. The counsel for the residents while arguing over the maintainability of the petition said the leased houses being demolished in the name of illegal encroachments. Recently, the land and anti-encroachment department had demanded the cancellation of the lease to the plots alongside the stormwater drains. In a letter addressed to Karachi Development Authority (KDA), the anti-encroachment department had demanded the cancellation of lease agreements of the plots adjacent to Gujjar and Orangi nullahs. The leased plots are the main hurdle in the implementation of expansion projects of the stormwater drains, the letter read.

Source: Pakistan Today March 22, 2021 11:56 UTC