The Hindu 27.12.2013
VGTMUDA takes up study of master plan in extended area
The Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, and Mangalagiri Urban
Development Authority (VGTMUDA) has taken up a study on ‘Master Plan and
Zonal Development Plans (2031)’ in the extended area under VGTMUDA
limits in Krishna and Guntur districts.
Recently, the government extended the UDA limits from 5,108.90 sq km to 7,068.20 sq km, adding six more urban centres.
The
study is aimed at providing infrastructure, roads, digitalisation of
maps, transportation, regional connectivity, and survey on expansion
opportunities for the next 18 years in the two districts, VGTMUDA
Chairman Vanukuri Srinivas Reddy has said.
Speaking
at an awareness meeting organised with Urban Development Authority and
the line departments here on Thursday, he said the Master Plan was being
prepared for 53 lakh population in 632 villages of 52 mandals in an
area of 7,068 sq km.
The State government has
assigned the job to Hyderabad-based Ms. Aarvee Associates, Architects,
Engineers and Consultants Private Limited at a cost of Rs.6.7 crore.
The study would be completed in two years, he said.
Collector
S. Suresh Kumar directed the officials to prepare the plan keeping in
view of the people’s requirement and expansion in Guntur, Tenali, and
Mangalagiri areas. The staff should strictly follow the norms and not
damage the eco-system, he said.
Mr. Srinivas Reddy
said the study had been divided into eight stages, including population
growth, land utilisation, demand and gap of existing infrastructure,
taking up surveys on base map images, and digitalisation of village and
mandal maps considering traffic, rail, road and air linkages, assessment
of heritage and conservation sites, and studying development
strategies.
The consultancy would delineate the
Master Plan after holding interactions with public, bureaucrats, NGOs,
stakeholders, public representatives, and environmentalists, and submit
it to the VGTMUDA in the prescribed period, said the Chairman.
Aarvee consultancy representative Ramesh gave a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed study.
VGTMUDA
vice-chairman M. Rama Rao, District Industries Centre General Manager
Naga Sundar, Housing PD Suresh Babu, officials from the APSIC, revenue,
and other departments attended.
