{"id":61951,"date":"2020-02-26T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61951"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:12:57","slug":"shc-orders-karachi-dmc-to-clear-water-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shc-orders-karachi-dmc-to-clear-water-bills.html","title":{"rendered":"SHC orders Karachi DMC to clear water bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) of the city\u2019s West District to clear its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kwsb-launches-crackdown-against-defaulters-of-water-bills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"overdue water bills (opens in a new tab)\">overdue water bills<\/a>, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court issued these instructions while hearing a plea on the matter of water supply suspension in Baldia Town. The SHC also summoned the DMC West chairperson and the public health engineering secretary to appear before the court for further proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-depts-warned-to-pay-water-bills-or-get-connections-severed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Govt depts warned to pay water bills or get connections severed (opens in a new tab)\">Govt depts warned to pay water bills or get connections severed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-member bench,\nwhich included Justice KK Agha and Justice Muhammad Saleem Jessar, also\nquestioned the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) about disconnecting illegal\nwater connections in Malir, and the installation of water pipelines in the\narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The justices took the opportunity to remind the DMC that it would be found to be in contempt of court, if bills amounting to PKR 5.2 million were not cleared by the next hearing \u2014 with the next court session to take place on March 27. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/WASA to launch crackdown against defaulters of water bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WASA to launch crackdown against defaulters of water bills (opens in a new tab)\">WASA to launch crackdown against defaulters of water bills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the court\nalso heard a plea in connection with the illegal seizure of land in Scheme 33.\nThe land mafia involved in this case reportedly has the support of police\nofficials, and the plea aims to prevent the police from using their status to\nintimidate innocent people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) of the city\u2019s West District to clear its overdue water bills, according to news sources. The court issued these instructions while hearing a plea on the matter of water supply suspension in Baldia Town. The SHC also summoned the DMC West chairperson and the public health engineering secretary to appear before the court for further proceedings. Read: Govt depts warned to pay water bills or get connections severed The two-member bench, which included Justice KK Agha and Justice Muhammad Saleem Jessar, also questioned the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) about disconnecting illegal water connections in Malir, and the installation of water pipelines in the area. The justices took the opportunity to remind the DMC that it would be found to be in contempt of court, if bills amounting to PKR 5.2 million were not cleared by the next hearing \u2014 with the next court session to take place on March 27. Read: WASA to launch crackdown against defaulters of water bills In addition, the court also heard a plea in connection with the illegal seizure of land in Scheme 33. The land mafia involved in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":4697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015,15017],"tags":[7650,40,6503,9833,2068],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-dmc","10":"tag-karachi","11":"tag-kwsb-forms-online-water-tankers-centre-in-karachi","12":"tag-shc-seeks-karachi-master-plan-deadline-issued","13":"tag-sindh-high-court","14":"cat-15015-id","15":"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>SHC orders Karachi DMC to clear water bills - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) of the city\u2019s West District to clear its overdue water\" \/>\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\/shc-orders-karachi-dmc-to-clear-water-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SHC orders Karachi DMC to clear water bills - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) of the city\u2019s West District to clear its overdue water\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shc-orders-karachi-dmc-to-clear-water-bills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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