‘60,000 acres of government land in Karachi is illegally occupied’
Records of 4,000 dehs have been computerised, informs BoR member
Records of 4,000 dehs have been computerised, informs BoR member. PHOTO: NNI/FILE
KARACHI:
Around 60,000 acres of government land has been illegally occupied in Karachi division by various provincial and federal organisations, and housing authorities.
Karachi has over 900,212 acres of government land, of which 681,000 acres have not been surveyed, informed Board of Revenue (BoR) member Syed Zulfikar Shah. "The illegal occupation always appears on the lands which have not been surveyed," he added, briefing a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at CM House on Thursday.
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The CM directed the BoR to expedite the survey work so that illegally occupied land belonging to the government can be retrieved. "I will not allow anybody to illegally occupy even a single inch of Sindh government [land]," he said.
Speaking about the computerisation of land records in the province, CM asked Zulfikar to update him regarding the progress. Supreme Court of Pakistan had directed that the burnt land records of different dehs must be verified at taluka level, said Zulfikar. "We have started verification work in three talukas Jamshoro, Matiari and Tando Allahyar."
There are 6,000 dehs all over Sindh, out of which record of 4,000 dehs has been computerised, claimed Zulfikar. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto record of 870 dehs was burnt in riots and so far the BoR has retrieved and computerised the record of 720 dehs. The work on remaining 350 dehs is still in progress, he informed.
The computerised records have been verified by tapedar, mukhtiarkar and then by the assistant commissioner. This is the safest way of verifying and computerising the records, said Zulfikar.
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Replying to complaints regarding fictitious records, he said that the khatidars have received over 6,000 certified copies of their record of rights from 27 services centres across Sindh but not a single complaint has been registered yet.
Computerisation of maps
Thousands of deh maps, which reflect survey numbers along with a detailed map of the land, have also been computerised, informed Zulfikar."We are going to launch them very soon because this process took time as most of the maps were damaged," he said
Zulfikar showed different applications of the computerisation system to the CM on his laptop in which he located landmarks including Faiz Mahal in Khairpur and the tomb of Dooleh Darya Khan, a commander of Kalhora rulers, in Gajanpur Deh of Larkana among others.
CM directed the BoR to to follow the directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and computerise their records.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2016.
Around 60,000 acres of government land has been illegally occupied in Karachi division by various provincial and federal organisations, and housing authorities.
Karachi has over 900,212 acres of government land, of which 681,000 acres have not been surveyed, informed Board of Revenue (BoR) member Syed Zulfikar Shah. "The illegal occupation always appears on the lands which have not been surveyed," he added, briefing a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at CM House on Thursday.
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The CM directed the BoR to expedite the survey work so that illegally occupied land belonging to the government can be retrieved. "I will not allow anybody to illegally occupy even a single inch of Sindh government [land]," he said.
Speaking about the computerisation of land records in the province, CM asked Zulfikar to update him regarding the progress. Supreme Court of Pakistan had directed that the burnt land records of different dehs must be verified at taluka level, said Zulfikar. "We have started verification work in three talukas Jamshoro, Matiari and Tando Allahyar."
There are 6,000 dehs all over Sindh, out of which record of 4,000 dehs has been computerised, claimed Zulfikar. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto record of 870 dehs was burnt in riots and so far the BoR has retrieved and computerised the record of 720 dehs. The work on remaining 350 dehs is still in progress, he informed.
The computerised records have been verified by tapedar, mukhtiarkar and then by the assistant commissioner. This is the safest way of verifying and computerising the records, said Zulfikar.
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Replying to complaints regarding fictitious records, he said that the khatidars have received over 6,000 certified copies of their record of rights from 27 services centres across Sindh but not a single complaint has been registered yet.
Computerisation of maps
Thousands of deh maps, which reflect survey numbers along with a detailed map of the land, have also been computerised, informed Zulfikar."We are going to launch them very soon because this process took time as most of the maps were damaged," he said
Zulfikar showed different applications of the computerisation system to the CM on his laptop in which he located landmarks including Faiz Mahal in Khairpur and the tomb of Dooleh Darya Khan, a commander of Kalhora rulers, in Gajanpur Deh of Larkana among others.
CM directed the BoR to to follow the directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and computerise their records.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 20th, 2016.