{"id":105561,"date":"2026-05-20T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105561"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:00:35","slug":"kdas-anti-encroachment-drive-in-surjani-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kdas-anti-encroachment-drive-in-surjani-town.html","title":{"rendered":"KDA launches anti-encroachment drive in Surjani Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Karachi Development Authority (Karachi Development Authority) has launched an anti-encroachment operation in Surjani Town\u2019s sectors 10 and 13 to clear government land from illegal occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the operation targets more than 100 acres of state land that had been encroached upon through illegal constructions and unauthorised structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the first day of the drive, KDA teams reclaimed around 25 acres of land and removed several temporary and permanent structures built on the occupied area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-authorities-to-remove-encroachments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Authorities ordered to remove encroachments across Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities said the action is part of an ongoing campaign to retrieve public land and remove encroachments across Karachi. The operation also included the demolition of structures and booking offices established on the encroached land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials confirmed that enforcement actions will continue in the coming days as part of efforts to fully clear the targeted area in Surjani Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>give tags for above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Karachi Development Authority (Karachi Development Authority) has launched an anti-encroachment operation in Surjani Town\u2019s sectors 10 and 13 to clear government land from illegal occupation. According to officials, the operation targets more than 100 acres of state land that had been encroached upon through illegal constructions and unauthorised structures. On the first day of the drive, KDA teams reclaimed around 25 acres of land and removed several temporary and permanent structures built on the occupied area. Read: Authorities ordered to remove encroachments across Karachi Authorities said the action is part of an ongoing campaign to retrieve public land and remove encroachments across Karachi. The operation also included the demolition of structures and booking offices established on the encroached land. Officials confirmed that enforcement actions will continue in the coming days as part of efforts to fully clear the targeted area in Surjani Town. give tags for above<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":105562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[7663,73260,51004,60103,73253,73259,8329,5817,45796,73252,538,73254,73257,73258,73255,6477,73256,73251,66139],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-anti-encroachment-drive","9":"tag-city-administration-karachi","10":"tag-demolition-drive-karachi","11":"tag-encroachment-removal","12":"tag-government-land-pakistan","13":"tag-housing-encroachments","14":"tag-illegal-occupation","15":"tag-karachi-development-authority","16":"tag-karachi-development-projects","17":"tag-karachi-land-recovery","18":"tag-kda","19":"tag-land-disputes-pakistan","20":"tag-land-grabbing-karachi","21":"tag-public-land-recovery","22":"tag-state-land-karachi","23":"tag-surjani-town","24":"tag-surjani-town-sectors-10-and-13","25":"tag-urban-enforcement-karachi","26":"tag-urban-planning-karachi","27":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KDA&#039;s anti-encroachment drive in Surjani Town - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Authorities said the action is part of an ongoing campaign to retrieve public land and remove encroachments across Karachi...\" \/>\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\/kdas-anti-encroachment-drive-in-surjani-town.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KDA&#039;s anti-encroachment drive in Surjani Town - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authorities said the action is part of an ongoing campaign to retrieve public land and remove encroachments across Karachi...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kdas-anti-encroachment-drive-in-surjani-town.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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