Karachi’s Old City Faces Massive Crackdown on Unsafe Buildings: SBCA Operation Underway”

Karachi-(Specail Correspondent)-The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) continues its operation to vacate and seal extremely dilapidated and dangerous buildings. Acting on the directives of SBCA Director General *Shahmeer Bhutto, the Authority’s *Technical Committee for Dangerous Buildings — comprising expert structural engineers — is conducting a continuous survey across the city.

According to reports submitted by the Committee concerning *District South, a total of **59 buildings, including **10 structures listed as national heritage, have been declared **extremely hazardous. These buildings are located in the old city areas of **Aram Bagh, Lawrence Quarters, Napier Quarters, Saddar Bazaar, Tila Ram Quarters, and **Old Town*.

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To safeguard precious human lives, *41 buildings* in this category have already been *immediately vacated and sealed* in the first phase. The process of evacuating the remaining buildings with the assistance of the local administration is ongoing. In the next phase, progress will be made toward *demolition procedures* for these structures.

In this regard, *SBCA has appealed to the public* on humanitarian grounds to report any buildings in densely populated areas of Karachi that appear *structurally unsound, internally or externally damaged, or with visible construction defects. Citizens can register such reports at any time via the **SBCA online portal

*Additionally, in light of the expected *monsoon rains, a **Rain Emergency Center* has been established at SBCA, staffed with *technical personnel available 24/7* throughout the week. Citizens may contact the center via phone at *99232355* or *99230393, or through the **SBCA website* at [www.sbca.gos.pk](http://www.sbca.gos.pk).