{"id":70845,"date":"2025-04-15T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70845"},"modified":"2025-04-15T23:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:02:59","slug":"islamabad-to-revive-23-fountains-with-artistic-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad\/islamabad-to-revive-23-fountains-with-artistic-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad to revive 23 fountains with artistic lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cda-mci-teams-successfully-extinguish-wild-fire-in-margalla-hills\/\">CDA<\/a>) Chairman Muhammad Ali Randhawa on Tuesday directed to revive 23 dormant water fountains across the city with artistic lighting.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken in a meeting focused on enhancing the aesthetic appeal of Islamabad through large-scale tree plantation, beautification of major roads and upgrading recreational facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The CDA has identified five key routes for immediate beautification, including Expressway, Margalla Road, Club Road, Park Road and Faisal Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Lane marking, pavement repair, green belt development and beautification of medians will be done on these roads.<\/p>\n<p>Modern lighting, decorative planters, seasonal flowers and natural stones will be installed to enhance visual appeal.<\/p>\n<p>All major roundabouts will be rebuilt, and mega parks will be upgraded with walking tracks, swings and horticultural improvements.<\/p>\n<p>To combat pollution, urban forestry projects will be prioritized, focusing on increasing greenery and sustainable land use.<\/p>\n<p>Sprinkler systems will be improved to ensure plant survival during water scarcity.<\/p>\n<p>A mobile app will be launched to provide citizens with affordable seedlings and seeds from CDA nurseries, thereby promoting public participation in greening efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Randhawa emphasized that these initiatives are aimed at enhancing Islamabad\u2019s global image while ensuring environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>He said that our goal is to make Islamabad a model city, combining beauty with eco-friendly urban planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Muhammad Ali Randhawa on Tuesday directed to revive 23 dormant water fountains across the city with artistic lighting. The decision was taken in a meeting focused on enhancing the aesthetic appeal of Islamabad through large-scale tree plantation, beautification of major roads and upgrading recreational facilities. The CDA has identified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":70846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809],"tags":[241,110,15735],"class_list":["post-70845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","tag-cda","tag-islamabad","tag-muhammad-ali-randhawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70847,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845\/revisions\/70847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}