Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Thursday notified the charges for a grave at the specified graveyards in the port city.
Now people will have to pay Rs14,300 for a grave at a graveyard owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).
In the first development after the mayor took notice of the situation at the graveyards of the city, police arrested a Sakhi Hassan Graveyard gravedigger for overcharging the family of a deceased man. The gravedigger had agreed to sell a grave for Rs60,000.
According to a report, there is no more land available for burial in most graveyards of the city and a majority of cemeteries are under the control of mafias. The city authorities appear to have ignored the serious situation while two new cemeteries established on city outskirts prove to be insufficient for the purpose.
Six graveyards out of total 39 under the administrative control of the KMC were closed for burial, leading to a steep upsurge in burial ground prices across the city.