It has been revealed on Tuesday that the landsliding incident that claimed at least 13 lives is actually another China-cutting plot. The plots in Korangi were shifted to Gulistan-e-Jauhar’s hill from 2010 to 2012.
Nominated in several China-cutting cases, Chunnu Mamu had built multi-storey flats, colluding with Karachi Development Authority (KDA) on Gulistan-e-Jauhar’s hill. Relatively cheaper plots in Korangi were shifted to Gulistan-e-Jauhar to acquire ‘legitimacy’.
The land was dug at numerous places for electricity polls to support high-tension wires without land-tests which are required before construction. The digging weakened the sand at edges that led to landsliding.
The district administration and the police have decided to issue notices to plot owners to evacuate the land within a week. The site is vulnerable to more incidents like this in the near future.
