Anti-encroachment operation along Gujjar Nullah starts today

KARACHI: In a bid to restore Karachi’s Gujjar Nullah to its original shape, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is all set to launch an anti-encroachment operation today to clear illegal structures on the banks of the storm water drain.

A strategy has been devised to raze all the structures built along the Gujjar Nullah during the “grand operation.”

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The police, Rangers, Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and revenue board officials will be present at the site.

Earlier, Karachi Central’s deputy commissioner wrote letters to the anti-encroachment cell, police, rangers, officials of SSGC and K-Electric in this regard. The deputy commissioner also sought heavy machinery and security for the grand operation.

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Sources said that the original breadth of Gujjar Nala was 210 feet and it will be restored to its original design.

On Saturday, the administration had launched an anti-encroachment drive on the outskirts of Karachi and pulled down dozens of farmhouses reportedly owned by PTI leader Haleem Adil Shaikh, who termed the action as a “personal attack” for his “outspoken and fearless” campaign against alleged corruption of the PPP.