{"id":103618,"date":"2025-10-14T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=103618"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:42:35","slug":"faisalabad-to-revise-master-plan-with-eia-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faisalabad-to-revise-master-plan-with-eia-check.html","title":{"rendered":"FSD to rework master plan with environmental oversight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Faisalabad: The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) has been directed to immediately secure the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report from the Environment Protection Department in compliance with the Lahore High Court\u2019s (LHC) recent ruling that declared the Faisalabad Master Plan 2021\u20132041 null and void.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Faisalabad Raja Jehangir Anwar issued these directions while speaking to media representatives about ongoing urban development challenges in the city. He said the LHC had set aside the 20-year master plan after the FDA failed to obtain the mandatory EIA report \u2014 a violation of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court\u2019s decision followed the dismissal of multiple intra-court appeals filed by the FDA by a division bench comprising Justice Malik Waqar Haider Rawan and Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Anwar said the FDA must now ensure strict adherence to environmental and urban planning laws to restore public trust in civic governance. \u201cThe authority needs to comply fully with environmental regulations to move forward with a revised, legally compliant master plan,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussing new initiatives, he announced plans to develop a vibrant food street at Minerva Club to promote Faisalabad as a \u201cfood-friendly and city-of-hearts.\u201d He also shared that boundary areas of the district would be declared green zones under the upcoming master plan, with a complete ban on new housing colonies along the city\u2019s outer limits. \u201cThe green cover will be preserved at all costs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faisalabads-gutwala-breeding-centre-into-a-zoo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work in progress to convert Faisalabad\u2019s Gutwala Breeding Centre into a Zoo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking notice of the shortage of qualified town planners within the FDA, the commissioner directed immediate recruitment of professionals with relevant urban planning qualifications. He clarified that architects could not head the directorates of town planning, emphasizing that the role of planners was to guide the city\u2019s long-term development rather than approve commercial structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting a major environmental initiative, he revealed that the Eastern Wastewater Treatment Plant project \u2014 the first of its kind in Punjab \u2014 had been launched to treat wastewater for agricultural reuse and to help replenish underground water reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioner reiterated that the revised Faisalabad Master Plan would incorporate environmental safeguards and ensure compliance with national laws. \u201cUrban development must go hand in hand with sustainability and transparency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faisalabad: The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) has been directed to immediately secure the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report from the Environment Protection Department in compliance with the Lahore High Court\u2019s (LHC) recent ruling that declared the Faisalabad Master Plan 2021\u20132041 null and void. Commissioner Faisalabad Raja Jehangir Anwar issued these directions while speaking to media representatives about ongoing urban development challenges in the city. He said the LHC had set aside the 20-year master plan after the FDA failed to obtain the mandatory EIA report \u2014 a violation of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997. The court\u2019s decision followed the dismissal of multiple intra-court appeals filed by the FDA by a division bench comprising Justice Malik Waqar Haider Rawan and Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshad. Commissioner Anwar said the FDA must now ensure strict adherence to environmental and urban planning laws to restore public trust in civic governance. \u201cThe authority needs to comply fully with environmental regulations to move forward with a revised, legally compliant master plan,\u201d he stated. Discussing new initiatives, he announced plans to develop a vibrant food street at Minerva Club to promote Faisalabad as a \u201cfood-friendly and city-of-hearts.\u201d He also shared that boundary areas of the district&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":96062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[60192,68682,63209,68681,68680,977,47103,57285,68683,2337,65019,48857,60120,64252,6874],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-103618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-city-planning","9":"tag-eastern-wastewater-treatment-plant","10":"tag-environmental-compliance","11":"tag-environmental-impact-assessment","12":"tag-environmental-oversight","13":"tag-faisalabad-development-authority","14":"tag-faisalabad-master-plan","15":"tag-faisalabad-news","16":"tag-green-zones","17":"tag-lahore-high-court","18":"tag-pakistan-environmental-protection-act","19":"tag-punjab-development","20":"tag-sustainable-development","21":"tag-urban-governance","22":"tag-urban-planning","23":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Faisalabad to revise master plan with EIA check - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boundary areas of the district would be declared green zones under the upcoming master plan, with a complete ban on new housing...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faisalabad-to-revise-master-plan-with-eia-check.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faisalabad to revise master plan with EIA check - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Boundary areas of the district would be declared green zones under the upcoming master plan, with a complete ban on new housing...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/faisalabad-to-revise-master-plan-with-eia-check.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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