KDA transfers Benazir Park to KMC

KARACHI:

Karachi Development Authority (KDA) has transferred administrative control of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park, Clifton to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), confirmed KDA Director General Asif Siddiqui on Monday.

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park is one of the three parks in Clifton where the KMC is demolishing the outer walls. The other two parks are Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim and Beach Park.

A controversy has arisen on suddenly demolishing boundary walls of these parks. Residents of Clifton have started to protest against the KMC move. They fear that the move is aimed at commercialisation of these parks. However, the KMC spokesperson, Danyal has dismissed such apprehensions, saying that outer walls of the parks are being erased only to improve the beauty of the city.

According to the KMC record all the three parks are among the largest parks of the city. The Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim is the biggest one that spreads over 130 acres of land.