The Hindu 16.11.2013
GVMC holds inception meet with CRISIL on CDP; plan revised
A revised, draft City Development Plan (CDP) has been
prepared by a team from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and CRISIL Risk and
Infrastructure Solutions (CRIS) Limited, Gurgaon for GVMC.
The draft was discussed at a meeting of CDP Steering Committee comprising GVMC officials on Friday.
CEPT
University, with the financial assistance of Cities Development
Initiative, the Philippines, an associate of Asia Development Bank (ADB)
has already prepared revised CDP for GVMC.
In the
run-up to the preparation, it held meetings with officials,
stakeholders, expert organisations, State and Central government
organisations. The CDP was submitted by CDP and was made accessible to
the public, and objections and suggestions were invited up to September
15, a statement issued by GVMC said.
CRISIL appointed
Meanwhile,
the Ministry of Urban Development of appointed CRISIL in August 2013 to
prepare revised CDPs for Visakhapatnam and Guntur.
Following
a direction from the MoUD, GVMC on Friday held an inception meeting
with CRISIL. Team leader of CEPT Saswat Bandopadhyay and Balakrishnan
Elangovan made a presentation on the process of approvals and
methodology in the revised CDP.
At the steering
committee meeting later, Municipal Commissioner M. V. Satyanarayana
pointed out that the recently merged Anakapalle and Bheemunipatnam and
five panchayats were not taken into consideration in the revised CDP.
Also proper recommendations were not made about requirement of flyovers,
cycle zones, BRTS and measures to control pollution. The projects
proposed also need to be prioritised, he said. The total allocation
envisaged in the draft, revised CDP presented is a whopping Rs.633450
lakh over a period of seven years. Water supply leads with Rs.270585
lakh followed by sewerage system and sanitation Rs. 77700 lakh; storm
water drains Rs.13605 lakh; solid waste management Rs.53200 lakh;
traffic transport Rs. 75810 lakh; social development and urban poor
Rs.120950 lakh; urban environment Rs.16100 lakh; urban renewal and
tourism 4300 lakh and capacity building Rs.1200 lakh.
