All existing industrial units exempts from area notified for RUDA.

LAHORE -- On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, all the existing industrial units were exempted and would not be relocated from the area notified for Ravi Urban Development Project (RUDA).

A spokesman for RUDA, SM Imran and Senior Member Board of Revenue Punjab Babar Hayat Tarar disclosed this during a meeting with the local industrialists at Mehmood Booti area near Ring Road on Saturday.

These industries would continue to function at their present places and residential localities, which did not fall in the course of river, would not be acquired.He added that settlements on 2500 acres of land would not be acquired for the project.

During the meeting, local industrialists welcomed Prime Minister's pro-people decision and expressed complete satisfaction over the guarantee given to them. They thanked the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chief Minister Punjab for removing apprehensions about their businesses by clarifying the situation in this regard.

SM Imran briefed the industry owners about the details of the project and answered their questions in this connection.

He highlighted that a large number of settlements were sprung up in the flood prone area of the river Ravi during the past few decades,adding that these settlements were in grave danger due to the release of flood water by India at any time. Acquisition of such localities would be a compulsion, he added.

He informed that RUDA would be a complete city spreading on...

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