Two Mega-Projects Planned for Rawalpindi: An Analysis
Introduction Considered among one of the most significant urban centres of Pakistan, urban transport challenges are increasing year on year in Rawalpindi and its surrounding areas. With restricted traffic movement and congestion, the city’s administration struggles to grasp the challenge of rising cars and population growth on main city highways and streets. Public transport crowding, difficulties for pedestrians, parking difficulties, environmental impact, and atmospheric pollution are other critical challenges associated with transport. In a welcome addition to ease the problems faced by Rawalpindi’s residents, the city’s development authority RDA has planned the construction of two megaprojects on the city’s two main transport junctions. The aim is to ease...
