*KARACHI - The Karachi Development Authority has removed stalls and shops from more than 5,000 plots in the city, according to a report submitted to the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on Saturday.*
Representatives from KDA submitted the report at a meeting on the operations in parts areas of Karachi.
Justice Gulzar Ahmed reiterated his orders for the Karachi Circular Railway and the restoration of the tram system, saying work on the projects should be speeded up if the railway land has been cleared.
At a previous meeting, the deputy superintendent of railways had told Justice Gulzar that the railways land in parts of the city had been “illegally occupied”. To this, the judge had told the authorities to have the railway tracks cleared by the deputy commissioners.