KARACHI: Pakistan Railways Karachi carried out simultaneous anti-encroachment operations in Malir and Kotri city accruing retrieval of precious lands.
Spokesperson, Pakistan Railways, while talking to PPI, said the operations were supervised by concerned divisional engineers with the help of Railways police. In Malir, the railways land was illegally occupied and structures were being constructed for commercial objectives that were completely dismantled. Whereas a major operation had been carried out in Kotri Railways’ colony near Diesel shed where 54 residential settlements (quarters), occupied illegally as well as encroached, had been evacuated and the structures on encroached areas had been fully demolished besides taking possession of the retrieved territory.
Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Azam Khan Swati lauded the successful conclusion of today’s anti-encroachment operations in Karachi division and directed for eliminating all the encroachments from the railways territory by further intensifying the anti-encroachment drive.