Sindh Minister for Local Government Saeed Ghani Tuesday said that notification regarding closure of schools in residential areas issued by the Sindh Building Control Authority(SBCA) the other day was based on misunderstanding, the students, parents and school owners should not be worried and no schools would closed.
Talking to media at Sindh High Court, Saeed Ghani said there were clauses in SBCA laws allowing schools to be set in residential areas, all the school owners need to do was to get their schools regularized according to the provincial building control authority's laws.
The provincial minister said that traders and citizens being affected due to the anti-encroachment drive underway in metropolis would be compensated. He said the operation against illegal constructions and encroachments was underway in pursuance of apex court orders.