Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) (
: راولپنڈی ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی) is a
government
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sector
corporation
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and authority responsible for providing
Municipal
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and
Town
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Origin and use
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Services
Service may refer to:
Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
in
Rawalpindi City, a city in the
Punjab
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,
Pakistan
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. RDA was established in May 1989 to improve, enhance and implement the growth plan for Rawalpindi city.
History
Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) was established in May 1989
under the Act of the Development of cities by the
Punjab Government. In 1976, an autonomous
governing body
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replaced Rawalpindi Improvement Trust (RIT) with Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA). The Rawalpindi Development Authority started functioning in March 1992.
Vision
Rawalpindi Development Authority seeks to be a
public
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-friendly principal planning, 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
Service may refer to:
Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
and
incentives
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of acceptable and Modern World standards for
Residential and
Commercial
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* a dose of advertising conveyed through media (such as - for example - radio or television)
** Radio advertisement
** Television advertisement
* (adjective for:) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and s ...
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 the following.
*
Finance Minister
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
, Govt of the Punjab.
*
Chairman P & D Board.
*
Secretary
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of the
Finance Department.
*
Secretary
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of the LG and RD Department.
*
Secretary
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of the HUD and PHE Department.
*
Commissioner Rawalpindi
*
Managing Director
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WASA Rawalpindi
*
Mayor
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of the
Rawalpindi
*
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Directorates
There are 4 directorates for the Rawalpindi Development Authority.
* Directorate of the Metropolitan and
Traffic Engineering
* Directorate of the
Land
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and
Estate Management
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.
* Directorate of the
Engineering
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.
* Directorate of the
Administration
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Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...
and
Finance.
Services
There are the main and prominent
incentives
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and services from Rawalpindi Development Authority.
*
Building
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and used Land Control and Urban areas development plan.
* Launch new and state of the art
housing
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slandered schemes.
*
Preservation and improvement for the Green-friendly and public-friendly
environment.
* Development of Estate and Land Management.
References
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Rawalpindi District
Urban development authorities
Government agencies of Punjab, Pakistan