KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has decided to establish anti-encroachment and charged parking force comprising of city wardens. Total 100 city wardens would be performing their duties at encroachment force while as many would be deployed for charged parking. This was decided in a meeting presided over by Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani here.

He said that encroachment had destroyed the look of Karachi, adding that city wardens' inclusion in encroachment force would boost performance of anti-encroachment department.

He said that action against encroachment would continue across the board. He added that city wardens would also be assisting in charged parking to run the affairs in systematic manner.

Shallwani said that traffic gets jammed due to ill parking. Hailing city wardens, he said that city wardens are front liners of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. He added that they would also be provided with uniforms.

"City wardens department would be upgraded and they will be utilised for betterment in the city," he said.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020