Sindh minister mulls low-cost housing schemes

Ghulam Murtaza Baloch asks officials to complete ongoing development schemes on time

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Human Settlements and Special Development Ghulam Murtaza Baloch has asked officials to identify land at a suitable location for low-cost housing schemes.

He said this while presiding over a meeting of the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority in his office on Thursday. The attendees of the meeting were informed that there were 1,429 katchi abadis in Sindh, out of which 578 are in Karachi, 418 in Hyderabad, 87 in Mirpurkhas, 89 in Sukkur, 113 in Larkana and 144 in Shaheed Benazirabad. It was further stated that these katchi abadis cover an area of almost 26,458 acres.

Baloch asked officials to complete the ongoing developmental schemes on time and speed up the revenue recovery process. He urged them to make all the possible efforts to increase funds for the annual development programme in order to improve the infrastructure in katchi abadis.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2020.