Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar presides over a meeting to finalise the development of a township at Taiser Town for the affected people of Gujjar, Mahmoodabad, and Orangi Nullah has directed the local govt dept to get the internal development started.
The meeting was held at the CM House on Thursday and was attended by Minister Local Govt Mubin Jumani, Minister Law Omar Soomro, Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary Dr Fakhre Alam, Secretary Local Govt Manzoor Shaikh, Secretary Finance Kazim Jatoi, Secretary Law Ali Ahmad Baloch, Commissioner Karachi Saleem Rajput, DG MDA Naseem Sahto and other concerned officers. Secretary Local Government Manzoor Shaikh briefing the chief minister said that a piece of 137.74 acres have been allocated for the 6500 affected people of Gujjar, Mahmoodabad, and Orangi Nullahs at Taiser Town Scheme -45, Sector 16 of Malir Development Authority. The Sindh government will allot a plot measuring 80 square yards to each affected person/family and after handing over the possession of the plot, with title and free from all encumbrances, the cost of construction will also be paid to the affected persons.
The chief minister directed the MDA to engage an architect so that proper development of the housing scheme for the nullah-affected people. He directed the MDA to develop a park, a playground, a school, and a mosque for the housing scheme and equip it with all the utility facilities such as gas, water and electricity. Justice Baqar directed the finance department to release the funds so that the inner and outer development of the housing scheme could be started.
He added that he would personally visit the area to ascertain if the quality work was being done. The CM directed the MDA to start the development work and try to get it down within six months. “We are already very late to accommodate the affected people and now it must be done on war footing,” he said.
