{"id":9033,"date":"2023-01-12T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=9033"},"modified":"2023-01-12T11:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T06:42:27","slug":"environmentalists-raise-concerns-over-diversion-of-nullahs-for-parking-plaza-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/environmentalists-raise-concerns-over-diversion-of-nullahs-for-parking-plaza-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalists Raise Concerns over Diversion of Nullahs for Parking Plaza Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Environmentalists expressed worry about the diverting of nullahs for the building of a parking plaza in Blue Area, claiming that such a strategy would not only have a detrimental effect on the environment but would also cause flooding during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, they have also questioned why the municipal organization did not order the plaza owners to include their parking places in the layout design to accommodate the needs of their customers.<\/p>\n<p>They stated that it was not a good idea to divert nullahs from their normal flow and parking requirements must be met by building codes.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the municipal authority must impose fines for parking on public streets which will push the private industry to build parking lots.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the pro-environment groups also added that building a parking plaza in the Blue Area and diverting natural nullahs may have environmental effects.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/cda-to-construct-5-parking-plazas-in-islamabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac\"><style> .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac:active, .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u7a68f8ae555360da81ee17b709d58bac:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">CDA to Construct 5 Parking Plazas in Islamabad<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Reservations were also expressed over the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) which gave the Capital Development Authority (CDA) the go-ahead to complete this project.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that although business plazas have been constructed in Blue Area, nearly none of them have parking spots included in their layout plans.<\/p>\n<p>The details also showed that even many newly constructed plazas were lacking parking spaces.<\/p>\n<p>To accommodate the visitors, the civic agency has chosen to build parking plazas at 3 separate locations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CDA&#8217;s official account, they worked to prepare the beds for the raft concrete after diverting all nullahs for the parking plazas&#8217; construction in Blue Area.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, regarding the issues brought up by several groups, it was said that the nullah diversion was a temporary measure since the room was needed for the raft foundation and after 2 months the nullahs would still travel along their natural pathways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Environmentalists expressed worry about the diverting of nullahs for the building of a parking plaza in Blue Area, claiming that such a strategy would not only have a detrimental effect on the environment but would also cause flooding during the rainy season. According to sources, they have also questioned why the municipal organization did not order the plaza owners to include their parking places in the layout design to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-12.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-12.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-1-12.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Environmentalists Raise Concerns over Diversion of Nullahs for Parking Plaza Construction","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=9033","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}