{"id":70549,"date":"2020-09-16T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T06:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70549"},"modified":"2020-09-16T12:05:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T07:05:59","slug":"rrud-pm-breaks-ground-for-pakistans-second-planned-city-in-lahore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rrud-pm-breaks-ground-for-pakistans-second-planned-city-in-lahore.html","title":{"rendered":"RRUD: PM breaks ground for Pakistan\u2019s second planned city in Lahore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRUD) Project; stating that it would be a \u2018planned city\u2019 featuring the latest provisions required by a modern metropolis, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/dha-lahore-overseas-enclave-expatriates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DHA Lahore announces Overseas Enclave for expatriates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While addressing the inauguration ceremony at Kala Khatai \u2013 a small town on the outskirts of Lahore \u2013 the PM acceded that the project was ambitious in nature and its completion would be tricky. He said that \u2018there will be many obstacles along the way but we must persevere\u2019 and issued directions for the provincial government to execute the RRUD project with all the possible haste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan, while highlighting the features of the RRUD project, said that six million trees would be planted in it. He said that the local and international investors have also evinced their interest in the mega-urban project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-invites-overseas-pakistanis-to-invest-in-real-estate-projects-in-lahore-karachi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM invites overseas Pakistanis to invest in real estate projects in Lahore, Karachi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the prime minister pointed out that over 40% of the city\u2019s population was living in slums, being ignored for several years and facing issues like reduction in the provision of potable water as the city\u2019s sewerage waste mixes with the river \u2013 increasing its arsenic content. Khan revealed that the government would develop the project\u2019s basic infrastructure, while the \u2018rest of the city would be raised from investments\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the premier promised that there will also be affordable housing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pkr-5-trillion-ravi-urban-development-project-launched-near-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new project<\/a>, alongside separate education, and Information and Technology (IT) centres. Reportedly, the RRUD project will be the second properly planned and the first \u2018Green city\u2019 of Pakistan \u2013 with high rises that would protect and preserve the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRUD) Project; stating that it would be a \u2018planned city\u2019 featuring the latest provisions required by a modern metropolis, according to news sources. Read: DHA Lahore announces Overseas Enclave for expatriates While addressing the inauguration ceremony at Kala Khatai \u2013 a small town on the outskirts of Lahore \u2013 the PM acceded that the project was ambitious in nature and its completion would be tricky. He said that \u2018there will be many obstacles along the way but we must persevere\u2019 and issued directions for the provincial government to execute the RRUD project with all the possible haste. Khan, while highlighting the features of the RRUD project, said that six million trees would be planted in it. He said that the local and international investors have also evinced their interest in the mega-urban project. Read: PM invites overseas Pakistanis to invest in real estate projects in Lahore, Karachi Moreover, the prime minister pointed out that over 40% of the city\u2019s population was living in slums, being ignored for several years and facing issues like reduction in the provision of potable water as the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":70551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013,20385,15016],"tags":[19727,39582,15023],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"category-development-projects","9":"category-new-developments","10":"tag-ravi-riverfront-urban-development","11":"tag-rrud-pm-breaks-ground-for-pakistans-second-planned-city-in-lahore","12":"tag-slider","13":"cat-15013-id","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>RRUD: PM breaks ground for Pakistan\u2019s 2nd planned city - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRUD) Projec\" \/>\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\/rrud-pm-breaks-ground-for-pakistans-second-planned-city-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RRUD: PM breaks ground for Pakistan\u2019s 2nd planned city - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRUD) Projec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rrud-pm-breaks-ground-for-pakistans-second-planned-city-in-lahore.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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