Karachi: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has initiated a major operation to clear the massive Gujjar Nullah and convert it into model stormwater drain, according to news sources.
The anti-encroachment operation to clear Gujjar Nullah will be executed in a phase-wise manner – with the first phase involving soft encroachment removal to be executed in a week. In the later stage, KMC will take up to 10 days to demolish over four thousand houses, commercial units and other structures built over the stormwater drain’s bank.
The corporation executed the cleaning of nullah each year before the monsoon season with the help of provincial/ federal governments, Pakistan Army and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Reportedly, KMC has already cleared the area between Zero Point in Sector 11-A (North Karachi) and Shafiq Mor. The residents of the area have been made aware of the operation through multiple newspaper publications.
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