KARACHI (October 15, 2010) : A meeting of architectures, designers, town planners and engineers of the consortium of firms undertaking the master planning of DHA City Karachi, a new residential project on Super Highway, was held at DHA's Main Office here on Thursday.

The meeting chaired by Administrator DHA Brigadier Aamer Raza Qureshi reviewed and discussed various options related to the basic planning parameters of the project focusing on development of comprehensive basic facilities, as a prerequisite of all development strategies.

The ongoing intricate master planning exercise of the project thus got a renewed impetus in the right direction and would be carried out in accordance with the stipulated broad planning concepts. DHA City Karachi is being developed astride Super Highway on an area of 11,640 acres of land, which is almost one and a half size of present DHA. An area of approx 6000 acres will be developed in the first phase where around 30,000 residential and commercial plots of various sizes have already been allotted to the prospective residents. The initial master planning model is scheduled to be ready by April' 2011 next year.

Brigadier Aamer Raza stressed on the need to develop adequate water and energy resources, which could support the population growth as the cardinal feature of the master-planning model. He also advised the town planners to focus on security aspects and development of efficient strategies for ensuring fast track linkage of the area with the metropolis so that residents could commute to the town in minimum time without any hassle.