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Four consortiums of international town planning firms, having representatives of 11 companies submitted bids for Islamabad Master plan, reported by Dawn News.
“The response of international firms is very good. Four consortiums have submitted their bids and after one month we will open the financial bids to award contract to the lowest bidder,” said a senior officer of the CDA.
He said the revision of master plan is a gigantic task and is likely to take around two years for completion.
The PTI government had formed a commission in Dec 2018 to revise the master plan.
After a considerable delay in hiring a consultant firm, the CDA had sought applications from reputed firms in September this year.
In October 2019, the federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved an interim report prepared by the commission and directed for proper revision through a consultant.
The CDA then got the Request for Proposal (RFP) documents vetted by Planning Commission as directed by the cabinet, a step which took many months before calling bids from international firms.
After holding a series of meetings, the commission in its interim report had addressed some issues such as bylaws of commercial buildings and left a comprehensive revision of the city’s blueprint to the consultant, which would be hired soon after the financial bids are opened.
The consultant firm will also come up with a solution to the problem besides proposing a solution to high-rise buildings constructed in non-permissible areas.
The civic agency, CDA, has been running the city in accordance with the existing master plan developed by Greek Firm — Doxiadis Associates in 1960.
The master plan was prepared in 1960 and supposed to be revised after every 20 years. However, successive governments did not make proper revisions in accordance with the city’s emerging needs.
Thousands of people have built homes and other structures in parts of the capital where construction was not allowed under the original master plan.
The CDA, which is responsible for regulating buildings all over the capital, did not attempt to halt the unauthorised construction beyond the planned sectors that resulted in the mushroom growth of the unauthorised buildings.
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