BAHAWALPUR: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways was informed that over 2,236 acres of railway land in the Multan Division were still illegally occupied for residential, commercial, and agricultural purposes.
The committee, led by MNA Muhammad Moeen Wattoo, reiterated its previous directive for removing commercial encroachments on railway land and instructed the Ministry of Railways, the Director-General of Property and Land, and the legal directorate to take legal action to vacate these stay orders.
The Multan Division Superintendent reported that 24 acres of land, including 9.10 acres of commercial land, had been recovered from land grabbers during the 2021-22 fiscal year.
The Ministry of Railways was given two and a half months to vacate the encroached land.
The committee also discussed the report submitted by the Ministry of Railways regarding the administration of a PR school near Kala Pull, Karachi.
Still, the mover wanted more, and the committee decided to hold a meeting in Karachi for a site visit in the near future.
The committee also took notice of billboards installed without permission and suggested they be included in the tax net.
The Ministry of Railways informed the committee that 46 of 230 coaches imported from China were now in operation in Pakistan and that the tracks in Sindh, Balochistan, and Punjab had been repaired using railway resources.
