{"id":60537,"date":"2020-01-27T09:59:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T09:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60537"},"modified":"2020-01-27T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:46:01","slug":"rda-increases-height-limit-buildings-commercial-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-increases-height-limit-buildings-commercial-roads.html","title":{"rendered":"RDA allows GT Road to have 100-feet-tall buildings, height limit set for other roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Saturday approved the construction of 100ft-tall buildings along the GT Road subject to the installation of quake-proof design in these structures, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pha-approves-rawalpindi-green-city-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PHA approves Rawalpindi Green City project (opens in a new tab)\">PHA approves Rawalpindi Green City project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It further provided its sanction to the proposed increase in height limit for buildings situated on 16 commercial roads in the city. To this effect, the civic agency approved a raise to the vertical construction limit from 35 feet to 65 feet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/height-limit-increased-islamabad-high-rises.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Height limit increased for Islamabad high-rises (opens in a new tab)\">Height limit increased for Islamabad high-rises<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roads include Asghar Mall Road, Rashid Minhas Road, Chakri Road, Girja Road, Dhamial Road, Chak Beli Khan Road, Adiala Road, High Court Road, Saidpur Road, and Fatehjang Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/extension-in-rawalpindi-cants-commercial-zoning-plan-discussed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Extension in Rawalpindi Cant\u2019s Commercial Zoning Plan discussed (opens in a new tab)\">Extension in Rawalpindi Cant\u2019s Commercial Zoning Plan discussed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> These decisions were made during the 46<sup>th<\/sup> meeting of the RDA governing body; presided over by RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza. Various officials, including RDA Director General Ammara Khan, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA)  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wasa-to-inspect-100000-properties-for-illegal-water-sewerage-connections.html\" target=\"_blank\">Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) <\/a>Managing Director (MD) Mohammad Tanveer, representatives of the local government departments, MPAs, and experts were all present at the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-rcb-other-agencies-finalise-plan-to-make-rawalpindi-a-model-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RDA, RCB, other agencies finalise plan to make Rawalpindi a model city (opens in a new tab)\">RDA, RCB, other agencies finalise plan to make Rawalpindi a model city<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per reports, the civic agency provided its approval to a third-party assessment of the Walayat Complex as well as 48 housing societies in the Rawalpindi district \u2013 stated to be constructed on state land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/records-rawalpindi-housing-schemes-digitised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Records of Rawalpindi housing schemes to be digitised (opens in a new tab)\">Records of Rawalpindi housing schemes to be digitised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nmeeting amended the laws regarding private housing schemes and would check\nwhether a housing scheme is developed on state land or not. Additionally, the\nboard approved that three more storeys could be added to the Fawara Chowk\nmulti-storey car park to accommodate more vehicles from Raja Bazar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Saturday approved the construction of 100ft-tall buildings along the GT Road subject to the installation of quake-proof design in these structures, a news source reported. Read: PHA approves Rawalpindi Green City project It further provided its sanction to the proposed increase in height limit for buildings situated on 16 commercial roads in the city. To this effect, the civic agency approved a raise to the vertical construction limit from 35 feet to 65 feet. Read: Height limit increased for Islamabad high-rises The roads include Asghar Mall Road, Rashid Minhas Road, Chakri Road, Girja Road, Dhamial Road, Chak Beli Khan Road, Adiala Road, High Court Road, Saidpur Road, and Fatehjang Road. Read: Extension in Rawalpindi Cant\u2019s Commercial Zoning Plan discussed These decisions were made during the 46th meeting of the RDA governing body; presided over by RDA Chairman Tariq Mehmood Murtaza. Various officials, including RDA Director General Ammara Khan, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director (MD) Mohammad Tanveer, representatives of the local government departments, MPAs, and experts were all present at the occasion. Read: RDA, RCB, other agencies finalise plan to make Rawalpindi a model city As per reports, the civic agency provided&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[16357,16356],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-buildings-height-limit-increased","9":"tag-rda-increases-height-limit","10":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RDA increases height limit on commercial roads - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Saturday provided its sanction to the proposed increase in height limit for buildings situated\" \/>\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\/rda-increases-height-limit-buildings-commercial-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RDA increases height limit on commercial roads - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on Saturday provided its sanction to the proposed increase in height limit for buildings situated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-increases-height-limit-buildings-commercial-roads.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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