KARACHI:Sindh Minister for Human Settlement Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has said that there are 1429 katchi abadies across the Sindh province, out of which 962 are notified, while work is going on to regularize 360 such abadis.
This he said while presiding over a meeting of Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority here in his office on Tuesday. Secretary Katchi Abadi Ahmed Bux Nareejo, Director General Katchi Abadi Farooq Laghari and other regional directors also attended the meeting. While briefing the meeting, Secretary Katchi Abadi Ahmed Bux Nareejo told that there were 1439 katchi abadis in Sindh, out of which 962 had been notified while work was going on to regularize 360 of them.
The minister asked Secretary and DG to promote those employees, whose promotion was due and it should be done on merit, adding that a transparent procedure must be adopted so that no one get deprived of his due right. Baloch directed to extend Katchi Abadi Policy from 1997 to 2003 to give maximum benefit to the poor people.
He also directed to have consultative meetings with DC and Municipal Commissioner of Larkana to provide lease to katchi abadis of Larkana. He also directed to cancel lease of amenity plots in katchi abadies as per directives of Supreme Court’s verdict. “A resettlement plan for katchi abadies in collaboration with builders association (ABAD) should be made.”
He also asked to identify the losses that were caused to infrastructure in katchi abadis due to recent rains. Baloch directed to make appointments on women and minority quotas on merit. He said that the process of finalizing lease to Etihad Town be done at earliest, an office of Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority should be established in Azad Jhamburia Colony and residential flats should be built in same locality.