Taiser Town Scheme 45
Taiser Town (Scheme-45), situated in the north eastern part
of Karachi is constituted over Deh Mokhi, Deh Nangan, Deh Bijar-ji-Buthi and
Deh Taiser and is spread over an area admeasuring 20570 acres, and houses gross
population of 2.5 million people when fully developed.
The Scheme has been planned by Engineering Consultants
International Limited (ECIL), the Consultants of International repute, with
experience of the works in 19 different countries of the world, adopting the
concepts of town planning followed in the modern world yet following the
planning regulations of Karachi Building and Town Planning Regulations.
The Scheme encompasses all the land uses, amenities and
facilities that any small city or a large town should posses, with especial
focus on wide roads and alleys dividing various planned residential, commercial
and amenities blocks and sectors; a huge battery of reservoirs for water
supply, treatment plants for treating the waste effluent, with especial
consideration for waste water recycling and water harvesting, and spaces for
power supply grid stations, with emphases on parks and play grounds providing a
healthy environment for the residents.
The Karachi Northern Bypass (M-10) a 4-lane highway passes
through the Taiser Town commencing from the end of the Jinnah Avenue / M M Alam
Road, near the junction of the M9, runs for 57 Km with 38 Km through the Taiser
Town area.
An urban commercial corridor with land astride Karachi
Northern By-Pass (KNB) measuring 300 meters on either side has been planned for
high-rise and high-end land uses of international standards for national and
international investors. It would be a high density highly commercial corridor
with some land reserved for mixed uses including residential land uses and some
for industrial based commercial activities. The commercial buildings shall be
12 story tall buildings with one or two basement floors for parking, as
appropriate and as needed for the planned land uses. 140 feet wide major roads
have been planned to run along the KNB ROW with service roads towards the
corridor. Also about 180 to 200 feet strip has been planned for high end land
uses. Where the proposed activities are of low height, all such activities have
been segregated from the high end high rise land uses by providing appropriate
roads in between, with excess to all such activities through 120 feet wide
major roads with service road towards the Corridor. These 120 feet wide roads
shall separate the Corridor from the adjacent Taiser Town Scheme on either
side.
In future, KNB Corridor would prove to be another economic
base and growth pole of Karachi Metropolitan City will make the township
another Metropolitan Center of Karachi District, relieving pressure on the
existing CBD and other inner city areas.
PROPOSED LAND USES AND PLANNING CONCEPT
Predominantly a Low Income housing scheme with 50% area for
80 & 120 sq. yds. Plots Allocation of ample space for future expansion of
authorized Goths with all basic services and amenities.Emphasis on
environment-friendly developmentrn Consolidation of balanced private land in
same Deh Adjustment of approved layout plans of Private Developers / Builders
& Co-operative Housing Societies within the overall plan of the Scheme.
Retention of existing private sector resorts & provision for new recreation
facilities. Retaining the existing roads & services corridor plan with
vertical housing‚ commercial‚ food square & other community
amenities.Conforming to the Existing Karachi Building and Town Planning
Regulations – 2002 (Amended - 2005)
LAND USE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
Planning of the area has been carried out following the
physical features and the existing conditions and land uses at site‚ with the
effort to retain and accommodate the existing developments in the proposed land
use plan.
PROPOSED LAND USES
Facilities and services proposed to be located in the Taiser
Town area shall comprise Residential Sectors‚ Vertical Building (Mixed use
including amenities & facilities)‚ Commercial facilities and Amenities
including Parks & Playgrounds (around 10% of the scheme)‚ Schools‚
Colleges‚ Religious Buildings such as Mosques / Imam bargah / Religious
Buildings‚ Library‚ Cyber Ville and IT Park‚ Treatment Plant at Lyari-Mokhi
Confluence‚ Oxidation Ponds‚ Recreation Resort around Nilofer Hill with Water
Reservoir at the top‚ Hospitals / Polyclinics‚ Public Buildings‚ Offices of
Utility Departments‚ Local Commercial Areas‚ Wedding Complex Halls / Lawn‚
Telephone Exchanges‚ Community Centers‚ Auditorium & Bus Terminal‚ Small
Industry‚ Local Post & E-mail Offices‚ Garbage Collection Points‚
Commercial-cum-Amenities Centers‚ Fire Brigade Stations‚ Police Stations‚
Utility Offices‚ Parking Areas‚ Hawker’s Market / Food Courts‚ Eid Ghah‚ Public
Toilets (on every 1000 res. units).The proposed land uses in the Karachi
Northern Bypass commercial corridor shall include commercial‚ institutional‚
mixed use‚ future planning‚ public building‚ Educational Institutes and parks
& playgrounds etc. Besides‚ reservation of KNB Corridor would accommodate
the metropolitan administrative offices‚ recreational‚ commercial‚ educational
centers of international standards.