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January 2026

Punjab Launches Rural Water Supply Rehabilitation for Canal-Adjacent Villages

On November 22, 1991, the Punjab Public Health Engineering Department launched a major rural water supply rehabilitation program targeting villages located along major canal systems in districts including Vehari, Lodhran, Jhang, and Muzaffargarh. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, canal-adja...

Read More > 22 November 2025

France Introduces National Rail Safety Modernization Blueprint After Urban Expansion

On November 22, 1983, the French Ministry of Transport unveiled a nationwide rail safety modernization blueprint to respond to rising commuter volumes and expanding suburban zones around major cities including Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. The early 1980s had seen frequent near-accident incidents due ...

Read More > 22 November 2025

Punjab Approves Inter-District Agricultural Storage & Cold-Chain Enhancement Initiative

On November 21, 1987, the Punjab Planning and Development Department introduced the Inter-District Agricultural Storage & Cold-Chain Enhancement Initiative, a landmark program designed to reduce post-harvest losses and stabilize farm incomes across central and southern Punjab. During the late 1980s,...

Read More > 21 November 2025

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Introduces Early Urban Flood-Resilient Infrastructure Blueprint

On November 21, 1979, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government released one of Japan’s earliest comprehensive flood-resilient urban infrastructure blueprints, responding to a decade of frequent typhoons and rising urban density. During the 1970s, Tokyo had experienced repeated flood emergencies due to ov...

Read More > 21 November 2025

Rahim Yar Khan District Council Introduces Cross-Canal Agro-Industrial Expansion Plan

On November 20, 1993, the Rahim Yar Khan District Council approved the Cross-Canal Agro-Industrial Expansion Plan, a transformative initiative aimed at modernizing agricultural processing and strengthening rural industrial capacities. During the early 1990s, Rahim Yar Khan was rapidly becoming a maj...

Read More > 20 November 2025

Shenzhen Government Introduces Bao’an Coastal Urban Greenline Ordinance

On November 20, 1984, the Shenzhen Municipal Government enacted the Bao’an Coastal Urban Greenline Ordinance, a pioneering environmental-urban regulation designed to preserve ecological corridors during the city’s early industrial boom. In the mid-1980s, Shenzhen was rapidly transitioning from a...

Read More > 20 November 2025

Sialkot Municipal Committee Launches Khadim Ali Shah Industrial Cluster Upgrade

On November 19, 1987, the Sialkot Municipal Committee introduced the Khadim Ali Shah Industrial Cluster Upgrade Plan, marking a turning point for Punjab’s light-manufacturing sector. At a time when global export demand for sports goods, surgical tools, and leather accessories was rising rapidly, t...

Read More > 19 November 2025

Shanghai Government Implements Pudong Housing Modernization Blueprint

On November 19, 1991, the Shanghai Municipal Government enacted the Pudong Housing Modernization Blueprint one of the most transformative urban redevelopment plans of pre-WTO China. At a time when Shanghai was emerging as the country’s economic engine, housing shortages, dilapidated worker dormito...

Read More > 19 November 2025

Tehran Establishes First High-Rise Regulation Code for Expanding Urban Core

On November 18, 1967, Tehran introduced its first high-rise regulation code to manage urban expansion and support vertical growth in the city. The 1960s saw Tehran transforming from a low-rise city to a major metropolitan center, driven by industrial growth and rural-to-urban migration. The code def...

Read More > 18 November 2025

Peshawar Launches First Ring Road Housing Expansion to Ease Inner-City Congestion

On November 17, 1994, the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) began its first Ring Road Housing Expansion Scheme to reduce congestion inside the historical core of Peshawar. By the mid-1990s, Hayatabad, Gulbahar and inner Saddar were experiencing severe residential pressure due to migration from tr...

Read More > 17 November 2025

China Launches Shenzhen Special Housing Corridor to Support Rapid Industrial Workforce

On November 17, 1982, the Chinese government initiated the Shenzhen Special Housing Corridor, one of the earliest urban housing reforms designed to manage the massive influx of workers entering the new Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Shenzhen, which had transformed from a fishing town into an industria...

Read More > 17 November 2025

Kenya Introduces Early Township Housing Rules to Organize Emerging Urban Settlements

On November 16, 1911 the British East Africa Protectorate (modern day Kenya) issued one of its earliest Township Housing Regulations to address disorderly informal settlements forming along the new railway trade routes. The regulations introduced plot demarcation, brick-based construction requiremen...

Read More > 16 November 2025

Gujrat Development Authority Begins Model Town Gujrat Housing Scheme to Manage Urban Expansion

On November 15, 1986 the Gujrat Development Authority launched the Model Town Gujrat Housing Scheme to address rising population pressure and the need for organized residential expansion. During the 1980s Gujrat was transitioning from a semi-rural district center to a rapidly urbanizing city influen...

Read More > 15 November 2025

Cape Town Establishes Public Housing Works Department to Improve Worker Living Conditions

On November 15, 1910 the municipal government of Cape Town, South Africa created its first Public Housing Works Department to address deteriorating living conditions in overcrowded worker settlements. As industrial activity expanded around the Cape docks and railway yards, thousands of laborers live...

Read More > 15 November 2025

Karachi Development Authority Launches First Planned Residential Township - North Nazimabad

On November 14, 1955, the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) officially launched North Nazimabad, Karachi's first properly planned residential township. Designed to accommodate the growing middle-class population in Pakistan's largest city, the project featured wide roads, proper drainage systems, ...

Read More > 14 November 2025

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