Punjab Planning and Development Board (PPDB) has given the green signal to start land acquisition for the revised project of Rawalpindi Ring Road and approved the PC-I worth Rs6.7 billion. Land worth Rs380 million had been acquired for the Ring Road project in Rawalpindi district, however, following reports of corruption the land acquisition was cancelled. However, the district administration is yet...
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After restoring the original alignment from Rawat to Thallian near motorway, the Punjab government made new PC-I of the project and decided to construct it under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) instead of Public-Private Partnership. The PC-I was sent to the Punjab Planning and Development Board for approval. Punjab government decided to start the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project in PC-I mode...
Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired a meeting of the Committee to decide about the modalities for operationalising the Metro-bus Corridor from Peshawar Morr (G-9) to New Islamabad International Airport. The Chairman CDA emphasized upon the need to operationalize the Metro-bus Corridor from Peshawar Morr (G-9) to New Islamabad International Airport immediately for providing a...
Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has planned an aerotropolis in the city alonside Rawalpindi Ring Road and around Islamabad Airport, Chairman RDA Tariq Murtaza has confirmed. Chairman RDA said that the development work on the economic zones will be started as soon as possible. He said famous aerotropolis of special economic zones are mining, oil refinery, petroleum, engineering, IT Park, and...
Punjab Government has issued clear instructions for swift solution to overseas Pakistanis' problems. Punjab Govt has also opened numerous “Arazi record” centres, satellite and mobile arazi centres in the past some months, so that registry system been computerized. According to a Punjab Land Records Authority report, ownership records and rural landscape data has been computerized. The...
A smart city is an urban area that uses multiple latest available options of efficient & fast network system, apart from other modern facilities like education, health & sports facilities, modern security system, as well as their own water & sewage treatment plants. The Smart City housing concept integrates various systems with the help of latest concepts of “Information &...
Anti-Corruption Rawalpindi has registered a case against seven persons, including the owners of Blue World City Housing Society and the director of Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), for forgery, possession and sale of government land and causing billions of rupees to the exchequer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxdID09JZdM Earlier, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
Prime Minister Imran Khan along with Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar would soon perform the ground-breaking of Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR / R3) project. Chairman Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Tariq Mehmood Murtaza said that an amount of Rs6.2 billion has been released for land acquisition of Rawalpindi Ring Road (R3) project. He expressed these views while addressing the business community at...
The Federal & Punjab governments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), to begin the feasibility study of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Circular Railway project. The MoU was signed by Capital Development Authority (CDA) Member Planning Dr Shahid Mehmood on behalf of the federal government, Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Chief...
Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Rawalpindi on the directive of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Capt. (rtd) Anwar ul Haq, launched new bus services on two different routes one from Rawat to Islamabad International Airport (IIA) and the second from Rawat to Taxila. According to Secretary RTA Mehr Ghulam Abbas, the air-conditioned bus service would provide the citizens comfortable and affordable...