Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has commenced with the Raja Bazaar beautification process in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a news source reported on January 27.
As per the PC-I (recently finalised at a cost of PKR 74 million) of the project, the civic agency intends to implement a ‘strategic roadmap for increasing accessibility, promoting heritage conservation and tourism to develop a place-based identity and improving livability standards’, according to the news source.
RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza stated that the development authority wanted to convert Raja Bazaar into a tourist attraction; adding that it would introduce an environment-friendly commute service for the visitors.
He said that the bazaar would feature pedestrian streets for people to explore the culture of the region. He added that the RDA would establish a food street on the patterns of the Old City in both Bhabara and Sarafa bazaars on the Murree Road.
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