Bihar Times 03.07.2013
HC expresses concern over absence of Master Plan for Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Vikas Jain of the Patna high court on Monday expressed concern over the absence of Master Plan for Patna and said that “planning is DNA of urbanization”.
Taking serious note the Court said the largest formal Master Plan was prepared in 1962.
Criticising the mushrooming growth of illegal high-rise buildings in
lanes and by lanes of Patna the court said that petition was perhaps an
ample evidence to show that the authorities on whom the responsibility
to enforce Municipal laws had been vested with “did not fulfil their
obligation, much less comply with the orders of the Court.”
The Court was hearing a petition filed by Narendra Mishra.
Referring to the media reports that Bihar false in seismic zone, where
earthquake of higher scale may take place, the bench wondered what
would be the extent of the damage on the roads 10-12 feet wide if
natural calamity is to strike the state capital.
