The Pioneer 23.04.2013
Govt plans master plan for urban land use
all 106 towns in the next two years for monitoring the land use control
in the urban areas.
Preparation of the master plan through the Geographical Information
System (GIS) mapping and remote sensing survey has been undertaken in 53
towns, a senior official said.
Development plans for five places, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Jatni
and Choudwar, have already been completed and implemented, said Director
of Town Planning Prasant Kumar Patnaik.
Similarly, draft plans for nine more towns. Puri, Konark, Sambalpur,
Burla, Hirakud, Jharsuguda, Brajarajnagar, Belpahar and Paradip have
been prepared and objections on the draft plans have been invited from
the people of the concerned towns, he said during a visit here.
Patnaik said the database is being prepared for another 20 towns after
GIS mapping and survey conducted through remote sensing. The draft
master plan of all these towns will be prepared soon, while the
Government has decided to prepare the mater plan for all 106 towns by
the end of 2014-15, he said.
Even though the preparation of master plan for town development has to
be developed in every two to three years, development plans in several
towns were not prepared in the last several decades.
For example, the last master plan for Brahmapur was prepared in 1969, said a senior officer.
