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RMC demolishes shops built on storm drains
RCB gets into altercation with a bank’s staff over anti-encroachment action
Encroached land. PHOTO: NNI/FILE
RAWALPINDI:
The Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) demolished several shops built on storm drains and roadsides in Bohar Bazaar on Thursday, a spokesperson shared.
He said that the police and anti-encroachment staff closed the road for any sort of traffic before the operation was carried out that went on for about three hours with heavy machinery being employed under the supervision of the RMC Chief Officer Ali Abbas Bukhari. He added that the shops built on storm drains and along roadsides were completely illegal.
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has started improving the outer look of historical Raja Bazaar in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Raja Bazaar is the historic urban centre of Rawalpindi, comprising a multitude of bazaars. It has a strategic location with a mix of commercial and semi-residential areas and spatially forms a juncture of six major roads at Fawwara Chowk.
The diverse and culturally rich urban centre is, however, fraught with problems such as high density, unplanned land use, traffic congestion, visual clutter, navigational problems due to poor signage, weak housing infrastructure and lack of tourism despite its rich cultural history.
UNDP backs Pindi’s urban regeneration plan
PC-I of scheme says Rs73m required for the project
RAWALPINDI:
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined hands with the Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (RMC) to revamp the old city area of the garrison city.
RMC in collaboration with UNDP has prepared the project concept (PC-I) for the urban regeneration project of historic areas of Rawalpindi.
According to the PC-I seen by The Express Tribune, the project to uplift ancient areas of Rawalpindi including Sarafa Bazaar and Bohar Bazaar will cost Rs73.10 million.
Under the project, all utility cables would be moved underground and all poles would be removed to give the area a clean look. An end to the mesh of wires and cables will enhance the actual colonial aura of these 250 years old localities, officials said.