No space for dead in Karachi graveyards

The graveyards maintained by Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are completely full, KMC Senior Director Municipal Services Mazhar Khan revealed in a show on Samaa television.

He further said that the administration has approached the Sindh government for acquiring land for new graveyards.

He stated that on average, 15 to 20 bodies are brought to KMC cemeteries for interment each day, emphasizing that with such an inflow, shortage of graveyard space was a serious issue.

The Senior Director further revealed that because of these dire circumstances, families were forced to bury their loved ones at cemeteries run by charitable organisations.

The KMC had requested the purchase of at least 400 acres in each Karachi district, Mazhar Khan told Samaa.

In response to a query, he stated that after purchasing the site, boundary walls would be built around the area right away.
Several cemeteries in the megacity are being used to sell graves illegally, according to a KMC official. The undertakers are not employed by KMC, and some of them have already been busted.