The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) held a public hearing on the EIA report of a skyscraper ‘One Serene Residence Project’ planned for DHA-III.
The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) held a public hearing on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report of a skyscraper ‘One Serene Residence Project’ planned for DHA-III. Experts, academics, and students who were present criticized the project’s proponent for their poor work.
The One Serene Residence project proponent’s representatives, along with Deputy Director of EIA and Monitoring Khalid Mehmood Chaudhary and Deputy Director of Legal Aamir Abbas Khan, presided over the public hearing.
A thorough description of the current environmental conditions, a project description, an analysis of the impacts, and suggested mitigation measures to be implemented during project execution are all included in the public hearing required by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997, and the review of the IEE/EIA Regulations, 2000.
The One Serene Residence Project is a 14-story high-rise residential development designed to provide federal capital residents with the most up-to-date living space with all necessary amenities in one location.
The project has 238 units, two basements, a lower ground floor, a ground floor, a mezzanine floor, and ten upper floors. It also has green spaces, pools, lounge areas, and terraces. Additionally, there are two basements and a lower ground floor with parking for about 375 cars.
The project’s land spans 13.72 kanals, and the proposed project’s covered area will be 585,000 square feet. The project includes residences, fitness centres, swimming pools, parks, and open areas. It had a $3.51 billion price tag and would take three years to complete.
The project’s proponent’s EIA report focused primarily on the federal capital’s flora and fauna, environmental conditions, potential environmental effects of the project, and mitigation strategies to ensure environmentally friendly development.
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 primarily addresses how environmental issues are handled, with minor provisions for environmental impact analysis and handling hazardous issues. Additionally, it outlines the definition of environmental offences and the associated penalties.