Commissioner directs authorities to prepare peri-urban structure plans.

RAWALPINDI -- A meeting for the preparation of Regional Development Plans (RDP) and peri-urban structure plans for the tehsil headquarters of the district, was held here on Monday, at Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA).

The meeting was chaired by Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Saqib Manan.

Mott MacDonald Pakistan Company's consultant gave a detailed presentation about regional development plans and informed that extensive work has been done of four Tehsils of Rawalpindi which include: Gujar Khan, Taxila, Kallar Syedan and Kahuta and the data has also been shared with the concerned local governments for verification and their inputs.

It was also decided that both RDA and the coordination committee would be notified for coherent work of urban planning and regional development plan.

Commissioner Rawalpindi Division appreciated work of the consultant and sensitized him that the remaining deliverables may be completed well within time after associating all stakeholders and the general public as well.

He directed Director General RDA Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa that RDA should work more on master plan.

He also focused that PMU and Local Government should coordinate with RDA about it. He said, 'We have to complete this work very soon.'

Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa apprised the meeting that RDA through its consultant is already preparing peri-urban plans and regional development plan of four Tehsils of Rawalpindi...