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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Capital Region Independent Development Authority FACTS & FIGURES crida.gov.af [email protected] crida.afg crida_afg crida.afg crida.afg Messages H.E. President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Cities should be livable not only in terms of their physical structure but also socially and culturally. We must remove outdated bureaucratic hurdles and red tape, and formulate the right policies for urban planning and housing. Urban affairs have been the focus of our attention during the past years, and we now have the opportunity of practical implementation. Development of affordable housing will not be exclusive to the civilian sector, affordable housing will be extended to the personnel of all Army Corps. Referring to the fact that cities and villages underpin the nation, work on strengthening ties between cities and villages has been initiated, and ties between cities and villages feature in our planning for strengthening a national marketplace. CEO of Capital Region Independent Development Authority The absence of sound urban environment in the Capital of the country has caused this city with huge challenges, where considering its insignificant concentrated commercial and service centers, the population increases, along with the graph of problems also moves upward. Therefore, to address the issue, the solution should be mainstreamed in the capital region including Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak and Logar Provinces. Capital Region Independent Development Authority (CRIDA) is established with the vision to lay down strong platform to address the current issues through rehabilitating the originality of capital zone, by developing a dynamic, self-sustained, self-reliant city, equipped with standardized infrastructure, public facilities, commercial, social and cultural centers. The Authority aims for a balanced and sustainable development at the capital region through strengthening relation between cities and villages, giving considerable weightage to empowering youth and women, avoiding establishment of townships based on tribes, sects, languages and other social bonds which consequently would result to national unity. CRIDA will provide all sorts of facilitation as a one stop shop for all stakeholders through a vibrant, transparent, fast and modern management approaches. Messages Message of technical planning director From dispersion to balanced development It is with great pride and accomplishment that I present capital region vision 2030 with the major basis of balanced development. It is envisioned that existing potentials of capital region city centers would be a great chance to attract the development from the Kabul city. Our development concepts focus on several issues such as preparing a platform to enhance social cohesion through integration of social groups in the urban plans by consideration of neighborhood and Gozar principles in planning of residential areas, focusing on urban rural complementarity concept which help shaping the physical and social structure between the villages and the city centers, promotion of urban governance and management that provides the opportunity to decrease corruption, conservation of culture and ecology, revitalization of afghan art and architecture identity, fostering economic growth through establishment of economic zones value chain, enhancing participation of youth, women and private sector and increasing employment opportunities with initiation of labor intensive programs. The vision 2030 is envisaged to be a main platform for all relevant organizations involved in development of capital region which basically represent five major programs like balanced urban development, creation of economic zones, upgrading, renovation and improving the quality of unplanned settlements, good urban governance and development of main infrastructure. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 : Background of Capital Region 1 Chapter 2 : Vision and Goal of CRIDA 3 Chapter 3 : Good Governance 6 1. 1 E - Governance 6 1.2 Capital Building 6 1.3 Development of capital and provincial centers 6 Chapter 4 : Balanced urban development in CapitaL Region 7 Chapter 5: Establishment of Economic zones 9 1 Industrial parks 9 2 Recreational and Economic zone 10 3 Development of Logistic parks 11 4 Recreational parks and greenery 14 5 Downtown development 15 Chapter 6: Upgrading and improving the quality of un-planned settlement 16 1 Informal Settlement 16 Chapter 7: Infrastructure Development 20 1 Transportation system 19 2 Energy Resources & Power supply 34 3 Telecommunication 39 4 Culture and heritage facilities 40 5 Sewerage and drainage 43 6 Waste management 43 Public facilities 45 1 Health facilities 45 2 Education facilities 57 3 Religious facilities 59 4 Recreation and greenery 50 Background of CRIDA As per the Presidential Decree No. 44 dated 03/03/1395 based on Cabinet Resolution No. 3 dated 10/03/1395 of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in order to create safe urban environment and tackle the problems caused by ever increasing population growth in the capital considering the concentrated economic activities and services provision, Dehsabz City Development Authority (DCDA) has been promoted to Capital Region Independent Development Authority (CRIDA) having the authority as Independent Budgetary Unit within the organizational structure of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Capital Region comprises the Kabul city including its all districts, Maidan Shahr City of Maidan Wardak Province, Charikar City and the districts of Bagram and Jabal Siraj of Parwan province, Mahmud Raqi City and Kohistanat district of Kapisa Province, Pul-i-Alam City, Mohammad Agha & Khoshi districts of Logar Province. The total area of the capital region is more than 7735 km2. With Formation of Capital Region Independent Development Authority (CRIDA), not only the KNC Master Plans would be implemented, but it would also pave the way for the development of Capital Region with broader visions which are briefly narrated as follows: 1. Transforming the Capital Region by turning it into a mega city that is clean, full of greenery, cultured with booming industries and commerce, sports and tourism and ultimately a city with all facilities that are available in any modern city of the world. 2. Building a metropolitan city that is self-reliant and sustainable, a city that has infrastructure and facilities of high standards with healthy physical environment. 3. Building a city that is free of ethnic, linguistic, racial and religious prejudices. 4. Promoting urban culture and enhancing the standard of city life through development of the Capital Region. 5. Development of cities (through decentralization for balanced development) within the Capital Region by protecting the originality, historical value and organic linkages with the existing Kabul city to transform the entire capital zone into a symbol of national unity. CRIDA Vision The total area of the Capital Region is around 7735 kilometer. The areas located within the Capital Region are as follows: 1 Kabul province comprising the Kabul city with its districts as follows: Dehsabz Shakardara Mirbacha kot Paghman Kalakan Char Asyab Qara Bagh Mosahee Guldara Khak-i-Jabar Farza Bagrami Estalif Surubi 1 1. Maidan Shahr of Maidan Wardak Province. 2. Charikar City, Jabal Siraj district, Saidkhil district and Bagram districts of Parwan Province 3. Mahmud Raqi district, Kohistan 1st District, Kohistan 2nd District of Kapisa Province 4. Pul-i-Alam City and Mohammad Agha district and Khoshi district of Logar Province. ID Province Area K Meters 1 Logar 265919 2659 2 Wardak 25968 260 3 Kabul 485207 4852 4 Parwan 68807 688 5 Kapisa 24912 249 Total 870813 8708 2 Vision and Goal of CRIDA The Capital region Vision 2030 is the result of an inclusive and cooperative approach, designed to ensure a strategy that is realistic, based on measurable trends and reflective of the aspirations of stakeholders involved within the region and more focusing on decentralization. The capital region vision 2030 is consisting of five main attributes which will be functioning as five programs: 1 ‐ Good governance Governance is crosscutting critical facilitating factors in the process of achieving the Development Goals and recently Good governance is being increasingly used particularly in the development literatures, therefore, Good governance has 8 major characteristics. It is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society. 2 ‐ Balanced urban development Balanced development is a key policy objective of the Capital Region 2030. Its use combines a distributive and integrative meaning, and links this to spatial structure of the region. Balanced development has a long history in the spatial planning field. It refers to several different dimensions of the territorial development of regions and sub regions (Parwan, Maidan shahr, Pole alam, Kabul and Surobi), each involving a different relation of balance. a. It relates to the distribution of economic activity and access to it across a region b. It relates to the balance between activities within a region. This could refer to a balance between development and infrastructure provision, or between the promotion