Roads and By - Passes
Road Network

Ø       Proposed road widening and parking space for the new commercial to:

Ø       reduce the traffic congestion in usual time

Ø       reinforce the emergency response.

Road Widening: Criteria Adopted

•          Road Widening towards Govt Land where available, to minimize dislocation

•          In case of private property, equal widening on both sides

•          One side widening only where inevitable (technical reasons/religious buildings/ graveyard etc)

Affected Properties and Resettlement 

Methodology Adopted to Assess Affected Properties

–         Khasra Plans of Old City were obtained

–         These were digitized and unified

–         Super-imposed on detailed plan of Old City as a separate layer

–         All areas that fell in the widened road corridor were calculated

–         These included residential, commercial, govt. land, education and health properties etc

–         Properties considered for relocation were residential and commercial

Criteria Adopted to Identify Affectees for Relocation

–         Residential
To be relocated, if remaining residential property is less than 3 marlas

–         Commercial
To be relocated, if remaining commercial property is less than 1 marla  

Resettlement Locations

•          The Residential Affectees of Road Widening and earthquake may be resettled in the proposed Satellite Town/s. For transitional period (till December 2007), they will be shifted to Rawani and Tandani

•          The Commercial Affectees may be provided alternate locations in the proposed Commercial Clusters in the Old City; or they may also like to shift their commercial establishments as well in the Satellite Town/s.