Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Muhammad Ali Randhawa, on Tuesday directed swift restoration of 23 non-functional water fountains across the city, accompanied by artistic lighting.
It was decided in a meeting centered on enhancing Islamabad’s aesthetic appeal through large-scale tree plantation, beautification of major roads, and upgrading recreational facilities.
The CDA has identified five major avenues for immediate beautification include, Expressway, Margalla Road, Club Road, Park Road and Faisal Avenue.
These roads will undergo lane marking, footpath repairs, green belt development, and medians’ beautification.
Modern lighting, decorative planters, seasonal flowers, and natural boulders will be installed to enhance visual appeal.
All major roundabouts will be revamped, and mega parks will be upgraded with walking tracks, swings, and horticultural improvements.
To combat pollution, urban forest projects will be prioritized, focusing on increasing green cover and sustainable land use.
Sprinkler systems will be optimized to ensure plant survival amid water scarcity.
A mobile app will be launched to provide citizens affordable plants and seeds from CDA nurseries, promoting public participation in greening efforts.
Chairman Randhawa emphasized that these measures aim to elevate Islamabad’s global image while ensuring environmental sustainability.
“Our goal is to blend beauty with eco-conscious urban planning, making Islamabad a model city,” he stated.
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Please someone tell CDA Chairman to stop these expensive restoration, focus on cleanliness of streets, roads, markaz and parks. Restore footpaths, remove rubbles, restore green patches and plant native trees. For heaven sake stop planting Pines, Dates, and Palm trees. Most importantly all CDA staff to be present and working in their respective departments specially cleaners. Work on handing over sub sectors to corporates companies for beautification and maintainence and allow them free of cost advertisement. Promote sub sector competitions and rewards for gardeners and cleaners to keep them motivated. So many things are possible but who has the time. So unfortunate.
i thought there was shortage of water!
For the sake of psl only. Make people life better than wasting resources on useless things