{"id":65064,"date":"2020-05-05T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65064"},"modified":"2020-05-05T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T09:54:37","slug":"parks-recreational-facilities-remain-shut-until-situation-improves-karachi-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/parks-recreational-facilities-remain-shut-until-situation-improves-karachi-mayor.html","title":{"rendered":"Parks, recreational facilities to remain shut until situation improves: Karachi Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Sunday stated that the city&#8217;s parks, zoos, and other recreational facilities would remain shut until the ongoing coronavirus situation had improved significantly, a news source reported. He added that the authorities concerned would open the Kidney Hill Park for the public only after the lockdown is lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kmc-to-develop-kidney-hill-park-in-scheme-32.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KMC to develop Kidney Hill Park in Scheme 32<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his visit to the said park, Akhtar stated that the public wanted the Kidney Hill Park to open without delay but this was not possible due to the preventive measures in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. He added that the park \u2014 featuring 40,000 types of trees \u2014 was a gift for the citizens from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-commissioner-seeks-removal-encroachments-following-sc-orders.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karachi commissioner seeks removal of encroachments following SC orders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayor highlighted that the Kidney Hill Park was located at high point in the city, which would allow people to enjoy beautiful views of the area. He further revealed that residential and commercial units had previously encroached the park\u2019s land but that the KMC had removed these encroachments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Sunday stated that the city&#8217;s parks, zoos, and other recreational facilities would remain shut until the ongoing coronavirus situation had improved significantly, a news source reported. He added that the authorities concerned would open the Kidney Hill Park for the public only after the lockdown is lifted. Read: KMC to develop Kidney Hill Park in Scheme 32 During his visit to the said park, Akhtar stated that the public wanted the Kidney Hill Park to open without delay but this was not possible due to the preventive measures in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. He added that the park \u2014 featuring 40,000 types of trees \u2014 was a gift for the citizens from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). Read: Karachi commissioner seeks removal of encroachments following SC orders The mayor highlighted that the Kidney Hill Park was located at high point in the city, which would allow people to enjoy beautiful views of the area. He further revealed that residential and commercial units had previously encroached the park\u2019s land but that the KMC had removed these encroachments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":61673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[28097],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-details-on-parks-recreational-facilities-to-remain-shut-until-situation-improves-karachi-mayor","9":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parks, recreational facilities to remain shut until situation improves: Karachi Mayor - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mayor Wasim Akhtar has stated that the city&#039;s recreational facilities would remain shut until the ongoing coronavirus situation had improved significantly.\" \/>\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\/parks-recreational-facilities-remain-shut-until-situation-improves-karachi-mayor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parks, recreational facilities to remain shut until situation improves: Karachi Mayor - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mayor Wasim Akhtar has stated that the city&#039;s recreational facilities would remain shut until the ongoing coronavirus situation had improved significantly.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/parks-recreational-facilities-remain-shut-until-situation-improves-karachi-mayor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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