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Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)

KCR was never a "metro" to begin with, it's always been a commuter rail system. I'm not sure why people keep insisting on making KCR something it was never to begin with.

Karachi - Dabheji was part of the original KCR main line.

President Dr Arif Alvi and Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid inaugurated a local train service, Dhabeji Express, at Karachi’s City Station on Wednesday after a passage of 11 years. The train service will become operational for the general public today.

Thousands of citizens are expected to be facilitated with this service on a daily basis. The operation of Dhabeji Express is also expected to ease the vehicular traffic flow on Sharae Faisal to some extent during rush hours




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Some one needs to change this green n mustard theme of Pak railways.
 
Anti-encroachment drive: Govt moves to revive KCR

KARACHI: The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has finalised a plan to get 360 acres of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) land vacated from encroachers.

According to officials in KMC, a massive operation will be carried out in phases with the help of police and Rangers to clear the KCR track of encroachments.

Sources in KMC said that as many as 5,653 illegally constructed structures will be razed during the operation. More than 29 acres of KCR land is occupied near Wazir Mansion, another two acres from Wazir Mansion to Orangi Nullah, 1.5 acres from there to Nazimabad, another 2.5 acres from there to Liaquatabad, and 3.25 acres from there to Gilani Railway Station. Two acres of the KCR land is illegally occupied from Gilani Railway Station up till the Federal Urdu University, another 4.25 acres till the University of Karachi, and one acre to Depot Hill near the Drigh Road station.

There have been many proposals to revive the KCR which could not materialise due to lack of financial and political backing. In May 2017, the Government of Pakistan had approved Rs27.9billion (US$260 million) for the restoration package of KCR.

However, the Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday ordered provincial and local government authorities to reclaim railways lands and remove encroachments from the KCR tracks immediately in coordination with respective deputy commissioners. “Not a single encroachment should now be seen in Karachi,” Justice Gulzar Ahmed was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, the Karachi Commissioner Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Monday visited all the KCR stations to inspect the condition of the tracks as well as stations. He directed the Pakistan Railways to clear the tracks and carry out the maintenance work of railway lines and get lines replaced where needed.
Pakistan Railways Divisional Superintended Arshad Salam Khattak and deputy commissioners of all three districts also accompanied. The divisional superintendent briefed the commissioner about the action plan they have prepared to revive the service of KCR.

The commissioner directed the Pakistan Railways to undertake the work of cleanliness and maintenance of the tracks and stations on priority basis and ensure the KCR service begins as soon as possible.

The commissioner and Railways officials visited Wazir Mansion Station and then went to Baldia Station where they noticed commercial activities that were being carried out on the track while the lines were covered with bushes. The other stations they visited included Shah Abdul Latif Station, SITE Station, Mangopir Station, Habib Bank Station, Orangi Station, North Nazimabad Station, Liaquatabad and Yasinabad Station, Gilani Station, KU Station, and Depot Hill Station.

The commissioner directed the deputy commissioners to issue notices to the shopkeepers and ensure that the work for removal of encroachments is completed as soon as possible with the support of police and Rangers. He also directed the West Deputy Commissioner Zahid Memon to issue a notice to a factory located near the Habib Bank Station, which was disposing industrial waste and causing damage to the railway line. Central Deputy Commissioner Farhan Ghani told the commissioner that notices have been issued to shopkeepers of Liaquatabad Furniture Market.
 
Karachi Circular Railway anti-encroachment operation begins in Gharibabad on Dec 11, 2018


 
Pakistan should contract out work to International company who have the modern equipment to finish work in 2-6 weeks, or Local firm should lease and bring in the equipment into Pakistan

The world has moved forward in term of productivity
Need to import proper equipment to do work with Productivity (Fast)



 
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Heavy Machinery Busy in construction and revival workers of base linters of railway tracks of Circular Railway Project located on Maripur area of Karachi
 
SC orders to restore Karachi Circular Railway land

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the removal of encroachments on railway land in 15 days and to restore the Karachi Circular Railway within a month.

During a hearing at Supreme Court's Karachi registry, the railways secretary told the court than 10 acres of land has been taken back from squatters.

Justice Gulzar Ahmed then directed the secretary railways to remove encroachments from the railway land within a period of two weeks. "In a month’s time the Karachi Circular Railways should be restored," the judge remarked.

The judge further asked the railways secretary to "take a trip of the city and clear the railway land of encroachments."

"Those who have established illegal settlements have all kinds of weapons. We have the army and Sindh Rangers, use them," Justice Gulzar said.

The court then ordered those affected by the anti-encroachment operation be provided with an alternative with the help of Sindh government, federal and Karachi
 
KCR was never a "metro" to begin with, it's always been a commuter rail system. I'm not sure why people keep insisting on making KCR something it was never to begin with.
so? things can always change.
 
Thank you SC for putting life into KCR fast paced encroachment works going on we may see KCR back
 
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