KARACHI: PHC gets 50 acres in Surjani

Published January 21, 2009

KARACHI, Jan 20 The People's Housing Cell has got possession of a 50-acre piece of land in Surjani Town to provide low-cost housing facilities to people living without shelter.

On the directives of PHC Chairman Ziaul-Islam, Senior Director Aijaz Ahmed Mahesar and Director (Technical) Syed Manzar Abbas took over the possession of the land in Deh Nagin in the first phase. The PHC will get 50 acres more for the housing purpose in the next phase.

Keeping in view large- scale encroachment going on in the area, the PHC has duly alerted the SHO of Surjani police station and asked the officials concerned to keep an eye on the land until housing activity gets under way in the area.—PPI

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