Ring Road project sees ‘landmark’ development

Long-delayed project expected to gain pace this year, say officials

The development body of the federal capital has placed concrete blocks as landmarks for the 48 kilometre track of the Rawalpindi Ring Road.

The survey for the track was completed on Monday, RDA officials said adding that the marked portion of the ring road will run from Rawalpindi to Fatah Jang.

The officials said that the survey for identification of the remaining track was also under way. RDA has banned the commercial constructions up to 100 meters along the proposed route of the Rawalpindi Ring Road.

“The ban on construction is meant to bring it in line with Town Planning Regulation,” RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza told The Express Tribune. All buildings along the game-changer project will be constructed in accordance with the Town Planning Regulation, he explained.

Instead of an unplanned urban jungle, the ring road project will have a streamlined city on both of its sides, he said. Facilitating housing sector In order to create ease of doing business for the housing sector, the governing body granted approval for the new housing scheme rules.

The governing body also approved the formulation of Peri-Urban Structure Plan in all tehsils of Rawalpindi district except Rawalpindi tehsil. Peri-urban means rural area adjacent to urban localities. According to the Peri-Urban Plan, zones would be allocated for land use in each tehsil so that any developer can know in which zone he will be able to carry out development activities.