{"id":58131,"date":"2019-12-01T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=58131"},"modified":"2019-11-29T12:43:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T07:43:17","slug":"okara-given-status-municipal-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/okara-given-status-municipal-corporation.html","title":{"rendered":"Okara given status of Municipal Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okara: The administrative status of the city of Okara has been upgraded from the Okara Municipal Committee to a Municipal Corporation (MC) by the Punjab government. The decision was made in light of the increase recorded in the city\u2019s population number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/railway-land-in-okara-retrieved.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Railway land in Okara retrieved<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to latest census figures, the urban population of Okara has increased from 357,935 to 430,766. The Deputy Commission of Okara recently extended the urban limits of the city to include 17 villages in the surrounding areas as part of Okara. Similarly, the Union Council of Bangla Gogera has been upgraded to the status of town committee since extension of its area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wcla-conserve-mir-chakar-e-azam-tomb-okara.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCLA to conserve Mir Chakar-e-Azam tomb in Okara<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Basirpur MC was demoted to town committee since its population has reduced to the level lower than required for municipal committee status under the new local government laws. Other municipal committees, including Dipalpur, Hujra Shah Muqeem and Renal Khurd held onto their prior status of category B MC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okara: The administrative status of the city of Okara has been upgraded from the Okara Municipal Committee to a Municipal Corporation (MC) by the Punjab government. The decision was made in light of the increase recorded in the city\u2019s population number. Read:\u00a0Railway land in Okara retrieved According to latest census figures, the urban population of Okara has increased from 357,935 to 430,766. The Deputy Commission of Okara recently extended the urban limits of the city to include 17 villages in the surrounding areas as part of Okara. Similarly, the Union Council of Bangla Gogera has been upgraded to the status of town committee since extension of its area. Read:\u00a0WCLA to conserve Mir Chakar-e-Azam tomb in Okara On the other hand, Basirpur MC was demoted to town committee since its population has reduced to the level lower than required for municipal committee status under the new local government laws. Other municipal committees, including Dipalpur, Hujra Shah Muqeem and Renal Khurd held onto their prior status of category B MC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":28067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14195],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-okara-given-status-of-municipal-corporation"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Okara given status of Municipal Corporation - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Okara: The administrative status of the city of Okara has been upgraded from the Okara Municipal Committee to a Municipal Corporation (MC) by the Punjab\" \/>\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\/okara-given-status-municipal-corporation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Okara given status of Municipal Corporation - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Okara: The administrative status of the city of Okara has been upgraded from the Okara Municipal Committee to a Municipal Corporation (MC) by the Punjab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/okara-given-status-municipal-corporation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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