{"id":105173,"date":"2026-04-02T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105173"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:45:28","slug":"sindh-atcha-areas-land-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-atcha-areas-land-allocation.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh to survey Katcha areas for land allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sindh government has announced a comprehensive survey of katcha (riverine) areas to facilitate the allocation of land to local residents and support socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing a joint press conference in Karachi, Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar said the provincial government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Survey of Pakistan to carry out the survey, covering areas from Ubauro to Thatta over the next 15 months. The survey will map riverine, forest, and government lands, and identify existing landowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=105170&amp;action=edit\">Sindh directs evacuation, demolition of hazardous buildings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative will include land recovered from areas previously controlled by dacoits, with a land allotment policy to follow the survey. Priority will be given to local residents, including widows, to improve livelihoods and provide sustainable opportunities for landless farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A development plan worth Rs8.9 billion has been proposed, focusing on improving road networks, communication infrastructure, and access to essential services in katcha regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon noted that while katcha areas exist on official maps, no detailed survey had previously been conducted. He added that the situation in these regions has now stabilized, making them accessible to the public, and the survey will also help address security and administrative challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-master-plan-sindh-sets-vision-for-2047.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karachi Master Plan: Sindh sets vision for 2047<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials emphasized that the survey and subsequent land allocation will be conducted transparently, with measures to protect the legitimate rights of landowners and residents. The policy aims to bring these areas into productive use and support the province\u2019s socio-economic development goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sindh government has announced a comprehensive survey of katcha (riverine) areas to facilitate the allocation of land to local residents and support socio-economic development. Addressing a joint press conference in Karachi, Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar said the provincial government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Survey of Pakistan to carry out the survey, covering areas from Ubauro to Thatta over the next 15 months. The survey will map riverine, forest, and government lands, and identify existing landowners. Read: Sindh directs evacuation, demolition of hazardous buildings The initiative will include land recovered from areas previously controlled by dacoits, with a land allotment policy to follow the survey. Priority will be given to local residents, including widows, to improve livelihoods and provide sustainable opportunities for landless farmers. A development plan worth Rs8.9 billion has been proposed, focusing on improving road networks, communication infrastructure, and access to essential services in katcha regions. Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon noted that while katcha areas exist on official maps, no detailed survey had previously been conducted. He added that the situation in these regions has now stabilized, making them accessible to the public, and the survey will also help address&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":76101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[72096,47122,72093,3040,72095,72094,19874,1974,1966,39802],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-dacoits","9":"tag-infrastructure-development","10":"tag-katcha-areas","11":"tag-land-allocation","12":"tag-local-residents","13":"tag-riverine-lands","14":"tag-rural-development","15":"tag-sindh-government","16":"tag-socio-economic-development","17":"tag-survey-of-pakistan","18":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sindh to survey Katcha areas for land allocation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Priority will be given to local residents, including widows, to improve livelihoods and provide sustainable opportunities for...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-atcha-areas-land-allocation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindh to survey Katcha areas for land allocation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Priority will be given to local residents, including widows, to improve livelihoods and provide sustainable opportunities for...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-atcha-areas-land-allocation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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