KARACHI: City Mayor Wasim Alchtar on Thursday assured a delegation of the Word Bank of full cooperation of the city`s municipal government in the development of the metropolis.
He was speaking to a delegation of the WB that met him at the head office of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to discuss and review development projects for the city initiated by the international donor agency.
KMC Metropolitan Commissioner Dr Syed Saif-urRehman and other senior officers of the municipal administration were also present in the meeting.
Mr Akhtar apprised the Bank team of the KMC`s anti-encroachment drive in the city and said that the removal of encroachments at such a huge level would definitely bring about positive changes and environmental improvement in the city.
He said that the antiencroachment department of the municipal administration used to take action against encroachment, but the antiencroachment action initiated on the orders of the Supreme Court brought remarkable improvement in the city.
He said that the apex court had declared all allotments of the plots on drains, parks and amenity plots illegal.
The mayor said all allotments made by different departments were cancelled and the state land was repossessed during the anti-encroachment drive.
