LAHORE: Ravi City will reserve nearly one-fourth of its total area for green spaces to provide residents with an eco-friendly and high-quality lifestyle, speakers said at an awareness seminar organised by the Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) at Punjab University.
The seminar was hosted by the university’s departments of Botany and Zoology and was attended by academics and RUDA officials. RUDA Executive Director Riaz Ahmad said the flow of the River Ravi had declined after India curtailed water supplies under the Indus Waters Treaty.
He said the RUDA planned to revive the river by storing monsoon water and utilising the Chenab Link Canal. The riverbed would be developed to a width of one kilometre, while 500-foot embankments would be constructed to withstand floods carrying more than 600,000 cusecs of water, he added.
Riaz also proposed signing a memorandum of understanding with the university’s botany and zoology departments to benefit from their research and technical expertise. Other RUDA officials said three artificial lakes were planned to help recharge groundwater, while stone pitching would be carried out to protect aquatic life.
They said the Mahmood Booti dumping site would be converted into a green zone, which was expected to generate more than Rs3 billion in revenue through carbon credits. Speakers said the project would promote environmental sustainability and provide modern urban facilities while preserving green spaces and ecological resources.
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