Illegal bus stands, offices, dhabas near Karachi's Cantt Station razed down
- By Web Desk -
- May 18, 2019
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) carried out an anti-encroachment operation on Friday night in the vicinity of city’s Cantonment Railway Station.
Various illegal bus stands, offices, hotels, road-side dhabas, and numerous other structures were demolished by the KMC anti-encroachment cell.
Contingents of police and Rangers personnel were also present during the operation.
Two days earlier, over 300 bamboo shacks and concrete structures were removed from the track of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) on by Pakistan Railways staff.
A portion of the track stretching over 13,300 feet was cleared of encroachments, as per officials.
The Supreme Court had recently ordered the authorities to remove encroachments and illegal structures from the route of the KCR within a month.
The city authorities in the previous phase of the drive against encroachments had cleared 7.2 kilometers of the railway track in district central of Karachi.