Separate body to execute Ravi project
The Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) has underlined the need for creating a separate institute for executing the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project stemmed from the fact that the existing departments were already tackling tasks for developing their respective cities.
Responding to the criticism against the RUDA, spokesman SM Imran observed that powers given to the authority under the RUDA Act 2020 will facilitate the quality execution of this project as per international standards for riverfront cities. An independent authority was required for undertaking such a massive project.
Referring to the immunity clause in the Act, he said that Section 4(2) of RUDA Act 2020 allows the authority to be taken to court which states, “The Authority shall be a body corporate, with perpetual succession and a common seal, with powers, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and may by the said name, sue and be sued.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2020.