Illegal occupation: KMC removes encroachments

KARACHI: The anti-encroachment department of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) removed encroachments from Saddar's Empress Market and Babar Market in Landhi, on the directives of administrator Muhammad Saqib Soomro, according to a statement issued on Friday. The statement added that the Korangi district municipal corporation razed around 30 illegal shops in Babar Market. The KMC has launched its anti-encroachment campaign to rid roads, footpaths and other areas in and around the busy commercial centres of illegal occupations in order to facilitate people and provide a smooth passage for traffic during the holy month of Ramazan.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19^th, 2015.