{"id":68312,"date":"2020-07-22T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68312"},"modified":"2020-07-22T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:59:07","slug":"rda-allocate-treatment-plants-land-private-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-allocate-treatment-plants-land-private-developer.html","title":{"rendered":"RDA mulls allocating treatment plant\u2019s land to private real estate developer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) is considering a proposal to allocate 5,500 kanals of land near Adiala Village, earmarked for the development of a sewerage treatment plant, to a private real estate developer in exchange for financial assistance required for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-approves-budget-2020-21-funds-earmarked-for-rrr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">construction of the Leh Expressway project<\/a>, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-demarcation-completed-leh-expressway-ban-imposed-sale-property.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leh Expressway land demarcation completed; ban imposed on property sales<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government in the past turned down the RDA\u2019s request for using the aforementioned land for developing a private housing scheme, instead of setting up the treatment plant. This particular project was planned to channel Rawalpindi\u2019s sewerage water to the Leh Nullah, where it was to be treated and later used for agricultural purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources claim that since the land for the development of this public project was acquired at the government rate back in 2006, using it for the development of a housing scheme might make the original landowners seek the court\u2019s intervention in getting payment for the land at market rate. Based on this, it is unlikely that the provincial government will allow the RDA to hand over this land to a private housing scheme, claim the sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/tors-rawalpindi-master-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RDA to finalise TORs for awarding Rawalpindi Master Plan contract<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the information available, the RDA hasn\u2019t been able to find an investor to develop the Leh Expressway project. It now wishes to allocate the sewerage treatment plant land to a private company that can finance the project. At the same time, the provincial government also lacks the funds required to complete the project on its own, and intends to complete the project with the help of private partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources also claim that the Leh Expressway\u2019s PC-1 will be presented before the Public Private Partnership Authority after Eid-ul-Azha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/leh-expressways-feasibility-report-sent-ppppa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leh Expressway\u2019s feasibility report sent to PPPPA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Rawalpindi Commissioner Mohammad Mehmood, \u2018legal assistance has been sought from the Punjab Law Department in order to vacant the said land in Adiala Village for development of a housing scheme\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) is considering a proposal to allocate 5,500 kanals of land near Adiala Village, earmarked for the development of a sewerage treatment plant, to a private real estate developer in exchange for financial assistance required for the construction of the Leh Expressway project, a news source reported. Read: Leh Expressway land demarcation completed; ban imposed on property sales It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government in the past turned down the RDA\u2019s request for using the aforementioned land for developing a private housing scheme, instead of setting up the treatment plant. This particular project was planned to channel Rawalpindi\u2019s sewerage water to the Leh Nullah, where it was to be treated and later used for agricultural purposes. Sources claim that since the land for the development of this public project was acquired at the government rate back in 2006, using it for the development of a housing scheme might make the original landowners seek the court\u2019s intervention in getting payment for the land at market rate. Based on this, it is unlikely that the provincial government will allow the RDA to hand over this land to a private housing scheme, claim the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":65932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385,15016],"tags":[35268,1627,35272,35270,35269],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-financial-assistance-for-leh-expressway","10":"tag-leh-expressway-news","11":"tag-rda-mulls-allocating-treatment-plants-land-to-private-real-estate-developer","12":"tag-rda-plans-for-development-of-leh-expressway","13":"tag-rda-to-allocate-treatment-plants-land-to-private-developer","14":"cat-20385-id","15":"cat-15016-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 to allocate treatment plant\u2019s land to private developer - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government in the past turned down the RDA\u2019s request for using the aforementioned land for developing...\" \/>\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-allocate-treatment-plants-land-private-developer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RDA to allocate treatment plant\u2019s land to private developer - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government in the past turned down the RDA\u2019s request for using the aforementioned land for developing...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rda-allocate-treatment-plants-land-private-developer.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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