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All urban local bodies in Telangana to have master plans ready by June, 2018

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The New Indian Express      21.04.2017 

All urban local bodies in Telangana to have master plans ready by June, 2018

HYDERABAD: If everything goes according to the plan, all the urban local bodies (ULBs) in Telangana will have a master plan by June 2, 2018. 

The directorate of town and country planning (DTCP), which has been given the job of preparing the master plans, has initiated the process of preparing the base maps and started processing village revenue maps for all ULBs by engaging consultants.

Its being done as per the department of industrial promotion and policy (DIPP) directive that all the ULBs should have a master plan to better their ‘ease of doing business’ (EoDB).

Once the master plans are ready, they will be kept on the (DTCP) website. Sources in the municipal administration and urban development department said that the plans would be put online later. Of the 73 urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state, 14 are covered by urban development authorities (UDAs). Master plans for 32 ULBs have been prepared in the first phase under the Telangana Municipal Development Programme. 

Master plans are being prepared by dividing the state into Hyderabad and Warangal regions. In the Warangal region, master plans for Adilabad, Bhainsa, Jagtial, Jangaon, Kagaznagar, Korutla, Kothagudem, Mancherial, Mandamarri, Metpalli, Nirmal, Palvancha, Sircilla municipalities, and Karimnagar, Khammam and Ramagundam corporations are available on the DTCP website.


In the Hyderabad region, the master plans for Bodhan, Gadwal, Kamareddy, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Miryalaguda, Nalgonda, Narayanapet, Sadasivpet, Siddipet, Suryapet, Tandur, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy and Zaheerabad municipalities and Nizamabad corporation are available online as well. Master plans for the 27 ULBs are being worked on now, officails ources said.