Rawalpindi: The pre-urban planning for two tehsils Gujar Khan and Kotli Sattian has been completed under the first phase of determining the new urban boundaries of Rawalpindi for the next 25 years, a news source reported on April 6.
Reportedly, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has hired a company – Mott MacDonald – to determine the boundaries of the Rawalpindi district for the next 25 years under the city’s new master plan. The company will submit the planning report of other tehsils of the districts to the RDA during the last week of May. RDA Chief Planner Jamshed Aftab stated that the company has proposed setting up different zones such as green zone, residential zone, industrial zone, and agro-farm zone.
The news source mentioned that identifying the urban limits in all tehsils of the district will help in assessing the extent of commercial, residential, and open spaces required. This will help efficiently plan for the needs of the expected population growth in the rural and urban areas.
RDA Director General Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa has asked the company to create awareness about the delimitation of new urban limits, Site Development Zone, and Peri-Urban Structure Plan.
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