Rawalpindi Development Authority

Rawalpindi Development Authority
	راولپنڈی ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی
Formation	May 1989
Headquarters	Rawalpindi
Chairman	Minister For Finance, Government of the Punjab
Parent organization	Government of the Punjab
Website	www.rda.gop.pk

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) (Urdu: راولپنڈی ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی) is a government sector corporation and authority responsible for providing Municipal and Town Services^[1] in Rawalpindi City, a city in the Punjab, Pakistan. RDA was established on May 1989 to improve, enhance and implement the growth plan for Rawalpindi city.

History

Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) was established in May 1989^[1] under the Act of the Development of cities by the Punjab Government. In 1976, an autonomous governing body replaced Rawalpindi Improvement Trust (RIT) with Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA). The Rawalpindi Development Authority started functioning on March 1992.

Vision

Rawalpindi Development Authority seeks to be a public-friendly principal planning,^[2] development and improvements organization in Rawalpindi city, The aim of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) is facilitating and enabling provision and continuously improving metropolis-wide development works, facilities, services and incentives of acceptable and Modern World standards for Residential and Commercial outlets in Rawalpindi city.

Territory

Rawalpindi Development Authority is spread over the Rawal Town and 64 other Revenue and Land Estates of Potohar Town, except Cantonment Board. The controlled area of Rawalpindi Development Authority is around 311 Sq. Km.

Governing body

The members of the Governing Body for the Rawalpindi Development Authority consist of..

Finance Minister, Govt of the Punjab.
Chairman P & D Board.
Secretary of the Finance Department.
Secretary of the LG and RD Department.
Secretary of the HUD and PHE Department.
Commissioner Rawalpindi
Managing Director WASA Rawalpindi
Mayor of the Rawalpindi
District Coordination Officer

Directorates

The are 4 directorates for the Rawalpindi Development Authority..

Directorate of the Metropolitan and Traffic Engineering
Directorate of the Land and Estate Management.
Directorate of the Engineering.
Directorate of the Administration and Finance.

Services

There are the main and prominent incentives and services from Rawalpindi Development Authority.^[3]

Building and used Land Control and Urban areas development plan.
Launch new and state of the art housing slandered schemes.
Preservation and improvement for the Green-friendly and public-friendly environment.
Development of Estate and Land Management.

References

1 2 "About RDA - Rawalpindi Development Authority". Rawalpindi Development Authority. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
↑ "Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Decided to Construct the Metro Bus System (MBS) in Islamabad | Pak-EPA". environment.gov.pk. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
↑ "Rawalpindi Development Authority declares 27 housing societies illegal". Overseas Pakistani Friends. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[About_RDA-1] 1 2 "About RDA - Rawalpindi Development Authority". Rawalpindi Development Authority. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

[2] "Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) Decided to Construct the Metro Bus System (MBS) in Islamabad | Pak-EPA". environment.gov.pk. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

[3] "Rawalpindi Development Authority declares 27 housing societies illegal". Overseas Pakistani Friends. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2015-11-20.