Land Acquisition Cell (LAC) of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) in Land and Revenue Department has planned to launch an anti encroachment operation in Block No 10 of Gulistan-e-Jauhar, near Kamran Chowrangi after Eid-ul-Azha to retrieve lands worth billions.
Sources in land department told Business Recorder that the land grabbers having political patronisation encroached some thirteen acres of CDGK land near Kamran Chowrangi, adding that four to five thousand yards of land is also being encroached by establishing stalls and small businesses, while the land is falling in the jurisdiction of parking area and road reservation. They said that 300 police personnel of anti- encroachment force along with Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur would also be accompanied the officials of Land Acquisition Cell of the said operation.