{"id":61638,"date":"2020-02-19T16:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61638"},"modified":"2020-02-19T16:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T11:52:41","slug":"plans-gwadar-island-project-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/plans-gwadar-island-project-dropped.html","title":{"rendered":"Gwadar island project not part of master plan; idea dropped: GDA director general"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quetta: Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Director General (DG) Shazeb Kakar on Friday announced the authority\u2019s decision to not proceed with the development of the proposed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-to-have-pakistans-first-man-made-island.html\"> Gwadar Island project<\/a>, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DG Kakar revealed this information during a meeting on the city\u2019s new master plan, during which he stated that there had been several reasons behind the decision to cancel the plan to develop the aforementioned island. The event was held in order to formulate a proposal to boost the city\u2019s strategic importance, and the session was attended by local and foreign investors \u2014 with most attendees primarily involved in the real estate sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/deadline-extended-gwadar-smart-port-city-master-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GDA extends bids submission deadline for Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan (opens in a new tab)\">GDA extends bids submission deadline for Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DG also\nmentioned that a data centre was being established for the consolidation of\nland data and digitization of land records. The new master plan is also\nexpected to help safeguard the city from environmental and natural disasters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the GDA DG mentioned that the Central Business District (CBD) would be the linchpin of the project and that it would be developed with the help of leading developers. Similarly, people whose land was being utilized for the development of green belts are expected to be offered compensation. He further added that the GDA aimed to fully assist investors, and that the authority was currently formulating a framework to improve the ease of doing business in Gwadar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gwadar-eastbay-expressway-project-completed-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gwadar Eastbay Expressway project to be completed by 2021 (opens in a new tab)\">Gwadar Eastbay Expressway project to be completed by 2021<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quetta: Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) Director General (DG) Shazeb Kakar on Friday announced the authority\u2019s decision to not proceed with the development of the proposed Gwadar Island project, according to news sources. DG Kakar revealed this information during a meeting on the city\u2019s new master plan, during which he stated that there had been several reasons behind the decision to cancel the plan to develop the aforementioned island. The event was held in order to formulate a proposal to boost the city\u2019s strategic importance, and the session was attended by local and foreign investors \u2014 with most attendees primarily involved in the real estate sector. Read: GDA extends bids submission deadline for Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan The DG also mentioned that a data centre was being established for the consolidation of land data and digitization of land records. The new master plan is also expected to help safeguard the city from environmental and natural disasters. In addition, the GDA DG mentioned that the Central Business District (CBD) would be the linchpin of the project and that it would be developed with the help of leading developers. Similarly, people whose land was being utilized for the development of green&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":61532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[20063,3248,15666,355],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-artificial-island","10":"tag-gda","11":"tag-gwadar-master-plan-review","12":"tag-invest-in-gwadar","13":"cat-15016-id","14":"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>Plans for Gwadar Island Project dropped - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gwadar Development Authority announces the authority\u2019s decision to abandon the development of the proposed Gwadar Island project.\" \/>\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\/plans-gwadar-island-project-dropped.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plans for Gwadar Island Project dropped - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gwadar Development Authority announces the authority\u2019s decision to abandon the development of the proposed Gwadar Island project.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/plans-gwadar-island-project-dropped.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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