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(Spatial Planning & Commercialization)
City District Govt. Gujranwala
Proposed Pari Urban Structure Pian of Gujranwala City

It would indicate alignment of

major transportation arteries,
Govt. notified the Punjab Land Use
location of commercial centers and
(Classification, Reclassification and
other vital communication
Redevelopment) Rules 2009 for the
links/facilities as well as other mega
land use planning of the area. Now
projects, and strategic zones.
in accordance with the provision of
rules, City District Govt. Gujranwala, CDG,Gujranwala proposed this peri-
has proposed a peri urban structure urban structure plan by using the
plan. satellite imagery provided by the
Urban Unit, P&D Deptt,
Peri Urban is an area that spans the
Government of Punjab, as base
landscape between contiguous
map; conducting field surveys; and
urban development and rural
marking boundaries of the
countryside with low population
established built up area and
density and is predominantly being
approved housing schemes.
used for agricultural activity and is
External
likely to lbe urbanized in the next
twenty years is peri-urban area. boundary of the peri-urban area
has been proposed on the basis of
Attempt has been made to change
direction and trend of the urban
the concentric pattern of
sprawl which covers the need for the
development which continued to
next twenty years.
date with the result that inner areas
are being subjected to great physical
pressures. This aspect of
development trend has to be
reviewed. A twenty-year peri urban
structure plan is being proposed to
achieve a better balance of social,
economic, physical development
and population growth in the
region. This strategy broadly deals
with land uses for the entire area
Proposed Pari Urban Structure Plan of Gujranwala (it\,

GUJRANWAlA HISTORY: industry and is now connected to the

major regional centers of
Situated 63 km. north of the
Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Gujrat and
provincial capital Lahore, Gujranwala
Faisalabad. A divisional, district and
was inhabited by Gujars and Sansijat
tehsil headquarter, the city lies in the
communities before it came under
physical zone of "high economic
Mughals. The exact date of its
potential". It is surrounded by two
foundation is not known but it is
bye-passes covering urbanized area
believed that it was a halting station
of around 63 Sq. Km
on the ancient G T Road.
lAND:
In 1756 AD Charrat Singh, a Sansi
Lying in the heart of a canal irrigated
Gujar, took the possession of the
fertile region of Punjab, Gujranwala
small village. He raised the
is part of Rachna Doab sloping from
fortification wall around it and laid
north-east to south-west and
the foundation of modern
crossed by Upper Chenab Canal from
Gujranwala. He was succeeded by
north to south in the eastern part.
Mahan Singh who made Gujranwala
The area of the City is plain with the
as his capital. He died in 1792 and his
ground surface sloping gently from
son Ranjit Singh assumed the charge.
NE to Sw. The average reduced level
There are several large houses of Sikh
above sea is approximately 743 feet.
architecture in the city but most of
There is a level difference of around
the streets are narrow and often end
5.5 meters from North-East corner to
in a cul-de-sac.
the South-West corner of the City.
The British soon after occupation set
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES:
about rebuilding Gujranwala
An Outline Development Plan (ODP)
according to their own standards.
for Gujranwala was prepared in 1971
The Deputy Commissioners, Colonel
to guide and monitor its future
Clark and Arthur Brandreth, gave a
growth which was updated in 1985
new impulse to the town by adding
and covers the time span from 1986-
new structures on the remains of old
2010. Two major proposals of 1971
buildings. The city was given the
ODP i.e. Bypass Road and three
status of Municipal Committee in
Overhead Bridges over Peshawar-
1860s.
 During 1993-96, Government of the • Shifting of the hide market and
Punjab managed World Bank funded tanneries from thickly populated

Feasibility Studies and Urban Master area of Ferozewala Road

Planning of ten Cities of Punjab • Need for a defined land use policy
Pro' • Enforcement of strict
development control
_ -No tangible developments have
In the absence of comprehensive
taken place for the implementation town planning setup in the City, the
of these proposals despite the lapse proposals of Outline Development
of considerable time. The apparent Plan 1986-2010 for urban planning
reasons for this failure are mainly have not been implemented
financial limitations, institutional resulting in unchecked and

infancy and absence of uncontrolled growth of the city with

mixture of land uses and inadequate
comprehensive Master / Spatial Plan
/ missing road links.
for integrated infrastructure
development. Although ODP for The city presents a typical example of

Gujranwala was available but it was unplanned ribbon development

along its approaching roads in all
not properly enforced which resulted
directions in contrast to the
in unplanned growth. Most of the
prediction in Outline
non-implemented proposals of ODP
Development Plan that it will grow in
and Ten Cities Project still hold good
all directions except towards Upper
and have been incorporated and
Chanab Canal
reinforced in the Gujranwala
Strategic Plan 2007-2010. Gujranwala Cantonment has been
developed in the northern periphery
Following proposals recommended of the City. A number of private
• An underpass below the railway housing schemes have been
line near Katchi Pumpwali launched in the vicinity but have yet
• Shifting of Gawalias to proposed to be developed due to the approach
Gujjar Bastis road / passage constraints. Only two
• Development of four new large housing schemes have been
industriai sites, two along GT developed within the jurisdiction of
Road (Lahore Side), one along GT Gujranwala Cantonment due to

Road near Nigar Cinema and one which massive construction activities

along GT Road (Rawalpindi Side) have been seen there. The recent
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 rural settlements adjacent to the city,
or by infilling lower-density or
The City grew steady during the
undeveloped areas adjacent to the
period 1914 to 1947, trebling in size
existing built-up areas.
and in population, with most of the
city keeping to the West of the The Upper Chenab Canal formed an
railway line except for the North- effective barrier to the City's
eastern sector between the railway Eastwards expansion, and the bye-
line and Sialkot Road. pass roads established the de facto
limits of the city, with more of the
After partition, Gujranwala, like
expansion being to the North of the
many other cities, experienced a
Hafizabad and Pasrur roads. Apart
large inflow of population from India,
from the few housing schemes of the
and during the period 1941 to 1971,
Housing and Physical Planning
the city's population quadrupled,
Department and the Gujranwala
resulting in a doubling of its spatial
Improvement Trust, the vast majority
footprint, most of it to the East of the
of the population has been housed in
railway line / G.T Road. This Eastern
small, developments in owner-
expansion was nearly the same size
managed or commissioned
as the city on the Western side of the
construction. The average density in
tracks. The growing importance of
1985 was slightly over 100 persons /
transport links was also emphasized,
acre, with the central areas cf the
with considerable ribbon
city, around the Rail Bazaar being
development to the North and the
considerably higher. The area
South, along the G.T Road.
covered by the city doubled in size,
During the period 1971 to 1981, the commensurate with the growth of
city had not only reversed the population.
population losses resulting from the
impact of the 1965 Indo-Park war,
but attracted a large number of Historic spatial pattern of the City
immigrants from the surrounding reproduced hereunder starting from
areas and almost doubled in size, 1914 to 2009.
with an annual growth of around
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1971 1985

2009
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POPULATION GROWTH: thrust of the development has been

The population of Gujranwala to the North and the South, virtually
increased from around eighty five developing the whole of the area

thousands in 1941 to more than 1.5 bounded by the Bye-pass Roads.

More recently, developments have
million in 2006. The current
been undertaken beyond the Bye-
population has been growing
pass, both southwards along the G.T
steadily at an annual average rate of
Road and the Canal, and Northwards,
3.79 % and is projected to increase to
again along the G.T Road and Sialkot
more than 2.6 million inhabitants in
Road and the Canal.
2021. This would warrant a
Most of the development during this
corresponding increase of the
period has been in the form of public
already inadequate community and
and privately developed housing
infra structural facilities as well as the estates-such as WAPDA Town,
area of the city for a whole urban Judicial Colony, Asad Estate, Jail
Table A
Town, New City and Canal View to the
Population Growth Rate
South, and Gulshan Iqbal Town, Johar
inter-
Population lnter- censal Town, Prime City, Gulberg Ciyt, Johar
Year Censal-% Growth
Rate %
City, Shalimar City, Gulshan Rehman
1901 29224 1 1.0
Town, Multi Town, Professor Town
1911 29472 29 2.5
and Garden Town in the North, with
1921 37887 55 4.5 DC Colony developed adjacent to the
1931 58716 44 3.7 Cantonment.
1941 84545 43 3.6 These new and recent developments
151 120852 62 5.0 have been mainly middle and upper-
1961 196154 65 4.4 income housing at much lower.
1971 223880 86 7.6 densities than the previous and older

1981 600993 87 3.8 parts of the city. As a result, the

footprint ofthe city now covers much
1998 1132509
wider area.
PRESENT SITUATION:
Requirements of urban development
The expansion of the city has
continued apace, but because of the %age An.nual%age
2006 Area increase Increase
1998 Area during during
sq. Kms
opportunities offered by previously 1998-2006 1998-2006
63.64 88.69 39.36 4.92
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Proposed Pari Urban Structure Plan of Gujranwala City

The projected population is depicted SALIENT FEATURES OF THE

in Table B PROPOSEDPERIURBAN STRUCTURE
Table B PLAN:
Projected Population of
Gujranwala City
A) Limitation to future growth
1998- 1132509
In order for better planning and
2006 1525056
service delivery, the urban sprawl is
2011 1836806 confined by marking external
boundary of the peri urban area
2016 2212284
shown in blue line and the existing
2021 2664517
built-up area shown in yellow line,
"DistrictCensus Report 1998
reserving the agriculture belt beyond
that limit.
Keeping in view the above City
footprints and analysis, it is B) Division of Peri Urban Area into
concluded that almost 100% Sectors
increase in the area is required for
the urban development of The entire Peri Urban Area has been

Gujranwala City for the next divided into "Sectors" using the
twenty years. arterial roads off- shooting from the
central City enclosed by the existing
built up area on one side and the
NEED FOR PLANNING:
external boundary of Peri Ubran Area
Spatial plans are widely used as an on the other side.
effective planning tool forthe control
C) Proposed Road Net Work
and development of towns. Land use
planning is done through zoning to An efficient road network has also

determine the' best spatial been proposed for each "Sector"

arrangement and the most keeping in view the nature, trend of

. appropriate use of each parcel of growth and demand of

land. It divides the land into different development. However, while

areas such as housing, industry, proposing roads mostly the already

business and redevelopment and existing roads and passages have

also ascertains the provision of floor . been catered for the purpose.
Proposed Pari Urban Structure Plan of Gujranwala City
 Proposed Pari Urban Structure Plan of Gujranwala City

• RingRoad: D) Division of Peri Urban Area into

Which will be another Sectors

transportation access provider to The entire Peri Urban Area has been
all the arterial roads emerging divided into "Sectors" using the
from the centre of the City. arterial roads off- shooting from the
, • Arterial/G. T Road: central City enclosed by the existing

Are those traffic ways which are built up area on one side and the

providing link of Gujranwaia City external boundary of Peri Ubran Area

to other Cities or Towns. on the other side.

• Primary Roads: E) Division of Sectors into Blocks:

Will provide access to major Each "Sector" is further divided into

Towns from the major arterial, blocks, using the boundaries of the
ring or G.T Road. proposed or existing roads. Each
• Secondary Roads: "Block" has been assigned an

Are the traffic ways which provide independentTitle i-e A, B, Cetc.

access to the neighborhoods F) Proposed Land Uses for Various

from the Primary Roads; and Blocks:
• Roads along distributaries,
All the "Blocks" in the "Sectors" have
drains and Upper Chenab Canal:
also been earmarked for specific land
In addition to providing use, considering its location and
transportation approach will also future trend of growth.
affix the domains of the adjacent
The following land uses have been
physical features.
proposed for various "Blocks"
The proposed road Network with
• Residential Land Use
Min. Right Shown in the Peri
Type of Road
of Way Urban Structure Plan

Ring Road 200 ft. Green • Commercial Land Use

Arterial Roads 150ft. Dark Purple

G. T. Road 220 ft. Dark Purple

• Industrial Land Use
Primary Roads. 120ft. Red

Secondary Roads 90ft. Brown

Roads on Both Sides of

Upper Chenab Canal 100 ft. White

Roads on Both Sides of Small

60 ft. Grey
Distributaries and Drains
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Gndl RWP Sector Katcah Eminabad G.T.Rd Lah. Sector

Hzd pipnakha sector Nwb chk GNlD Sector

SKP-NWSPSECTOR Aroop Sialkot Sector

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rawalpindi aroop sector

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Sialkot Pasrur Sector
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IMPLEMENTATION: PUBLIC CONSULTATION:

After the notification of the Peri The Peri Urban Structure Plan for the

Urban Structure Plan, all the future growth of Gujranwala City is

developments / constructions by hereby proposed elaborating the

public or private sectors shall strictly supra salient features and,

follow the provision of the notified stakeholders are invited to give

document. Moreover, permissions objections or suggestions for

regarding all the developments or improvement. The objections or

constructions shall be accorded in suggestions should reach to the office

conformity with the land use of District Officer (Spatial Planning

provisions under permitted, and Commercialization), City District

permissible and prohibited uses Govt. Gujranwala on or before 23rd of

prescribed for residential, July, 2011. The public hearing, in this

commercial, institutional, industrial & regard will be conducted on 26th of

notified area land uses shall be in July at Council Hall of Zila Council

accordance with the provisions of the Office Gujranwala.

Punjab Land Use Rules 2009.

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