PR, town fail to take gypsy tents off railway lines
The Daily News
By Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has not removed the gypsy tents along the railway lines at Kot Lakhpat for which it had been given the deadline of April 15. Gulberg Town nazim Faraz Chaudhry had said that if the PR did not remove the tents by April 15, the town would remove them, but has not acted yet.
Town Officer (Regulation) Chaudhry Rizwan told Daily Times that the issue had not yet been solved because the land belonged to PR and the issue needed time. He said everyone was busy preparing for tomorrow’s (May 12) rally of the Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML) and the issue would be dealt with after the rally. Town Municipal Officer Syed Ali Abbas also said action would be taken in this regard after the rally.
About 50 gypsy tents are set up along the railway lines in which about 500 beggars live. The gypsies say they came from rural areas near Multan and Khanewal and stay at this spot for six to seven months.
Malik Badshah, a gypsy resident, said they were free to live along the railway lines and no one had ever asked them not to. He said he knew the land belonged to the government, but “that makes no difference”.
Manzoor, a resident of the area near the tents said the gypsies did not trouble the people around, but had occupied a considerable area and their ever-increasing tents needed to be checked.
By Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways (PR) has not removed the gypsy tents along the railway lines at Kot Lakhpat for which it had been given the deadline of April 15. Gulberg Town nazim Faraz Chaudhry had said that if the PR did not remove the tents by April 15, the town would remove them, but has not acted yet.
Town Officer (Regulation) Chaudhry Rizwan told Daily Times that the issue had not yet been solved because the land belonged to PR and the issue needed time. He said everyone was busy preparing for tomorrow’s (May 12) rally of the Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML) and the issue would be dealt with after the rally. Town Municipal Officer Syed Ali Abbas also said action would be taken in this regard after the rally.
About 50 gypsy tents are set up along the railway lines in which about 500 beggars live. The gypsies say they came from rural areas near Multan and Khanewal and stay at this spot for six to seven months.
Malik Badshah, a gypsy resident, said they were free to live along the railway lines and no one had ever asked them not to. He said he knew the land belonged to the government, but “that makes no difference”.
Manzoor, a resident of the area near the tents said the gypsies did not trouble the people around, but had occupied a considerable area and their ever-increasing tents needed to be checked.
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