Three KDA officials injured in Korangi anti-encroachment operation
- By Web Desk -
- Nov 27, 2018
KORANGI: At least three Karachi Development Authority (KDA) officials were injured after they came under attack during an anti-encroachment operation in Korangi on Tuesday.
According to the details, land grabbers and locals pelted stones and opened fire on the anti-encroachment teams as they arrived at Mehran Town to demolish illegal structures.
Police fired in the air to disperse the enraged protesters and shifted the injured officials to hospital. The anti-encroachment operation was halted briefly after the miscreants held violent protests in the area.
The KDA restore the anti-encroachment operation after heavy contingents of Rangers and police arrived in the area and started patrolling.
The protestors set a shop and five motorcycles on fire during the violent protests against the anti-encroachment operation in the area. Law enforcement agencies apprehended some miscreants and shifted them to police station.
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It is pertinent to mention here that Burns Road – an oldest and most popular street recognized for its ‘desi’eateries witnessed massive demolitions, on November 25, as the anti-encroachment operation entered into the Karachi’s crowded locality.
The KMC on November 17 had submitted a report to the commissioner Karachi, apprising about implementation on the directives of the Supreme Court regarding anti-encroachment operation in the city.
According to the report, as many as 2500 shops were razed at Empress Market and its adjoining Daudpota Road during the anti-encroachment drive. Similarly 480 illegal shops were demolished in the city’s Sohrab Goth Area. While 150 shops at Sarmad Shaheed Road were also bulldozed.
The top court on October 27 had directed Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar to remove all encroachments from the city’s amenity plots and pavements with the help of law enforcement agencies, and granted a 15-day deadline to city authorities for compliance of its orders.