{"id":103177,"date":"2025-09-01T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103177"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:04:22","slug":"protective-wall-along-ravi-river-to-safeguard-lhr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/protective-wall-along-ravi-river-to-safeguard-lhr.html","title":{"rendered":"Protective wall planned along Ravi River to safeguard Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lahore: The Punjab government has approved the construction of a massive protective embankment along the Ravi River to shield urban populations from potential flood risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officials from the Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA), the project will be financed through a PKR 150 billion government loan, while PKR 64 billion will be arranged from RUDA\u2019s own resources. With a total estimated cost of PKR 214 billion, the initiative is aimed at protecting Lahore from recurring flood threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rudas-ravi-city-to-get-direct-motorway-links.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RUDA\u2019s Ravi City to get direct motorway links via new interchanges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan includes building a 90-kilometre-long retaining wall on both sides of the Ravi. The embankment will be 300 feet wide and 27 feet high, incorporating water training structures to regulate the river\u2019s flow and reduce the risk of inundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was finalized in a meeting chaired by the Secretary Housing, with senior RUDA officials in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities believe the project will not only safeguard Lahore\u2019s residents but also provide long-term resilience against the challenges posed by seasonal flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has approved the construction of a massive protective embankment along the Ravi River to shield urban populations from potential flood risks. According to officials from the Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA), the project will be financed through a PKR 150 billion government loan, while PKR 64 billion will be arranged from RUDA\u2019s own resources. With a total estimated cost of PKR 214 billion, the initiative is aimed at protecting Lahore from recurring flood threats. Read: RUDA\u2019s Ravi City to get direct motorway links via new interchanges The plan includes building a 90-kilometre-long retaining wall on both sides of the Ravi. The embankment will be 300 feet wide and 27 feet high, incorporating water training structures to regulate the river\u2019s flow and reduce the risk of inundation. The decision was finalized in a meeting chaired by the Secretary Housing, with senior RUDA officials in attendance. Authorities believe the project will not only safeguard Lahore\u2019s residents but also provide long-term resilience against the challenges posed by seasonal flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":83986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[67661,7046,67664,17571,47122,64250,67663,3237,54151,18050,67662,34535,66762,6337],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-103177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-development-projects","tag-embankment-project","tag-flood-protection","tag-flood-risks","tag-housing-department","tag-infrastructure-development","tag-lahore-safety","tag-pkr-214-billion","tag-punjab-government","tag-punjab-news","tag-ravi-river","tag-retaining-wall","tag-ruda","tag-urban-resilience","tag-water-management","cat-20385-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protective wall along Ravi River to safeguard LHR - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The plan includes building a 90-kilometre-long retaining wall on both sides of the Ravi. 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