The Hindu 13.11.2013
HMDA’s 2031 plans will cover four districts
Several development works to be taken up in an area of over 5,985 sq km
The HMDA has plans for 27 TOD initiatives within the
Outer Ring Road (ORR), 13 on the ORR, apart from 13 urban nodes and 46
urban centres outside ORR.
The Metropolitan
Development Plan-2031 plans several development works in an area of over
5,985 sq km, spread over four districts surrounding Hyderabad.
The
meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday
ratifying the Metropolitan Development Plan-2031 also approved proposals
to develop the Hyderabad Habitat Centre on the lines of India Habitat
Centre in New Delhi, at a cost of Rs. 134 crore.
The
HHC will be developed on a 11-acre site at Khanamet, with a visual arts
gallery, sculpture courts, artiplex theatres, learning centres,
convention facilities, theme parks, landscape gardens, open air theatre
and food courts.
The 83-acre Science City at Budvel,
at a cost of Rs. 160 crore, which will host a space station, earth
pavilion, an energy park, Imax 9D Virtual Reality, futuristic
technologies and centres of excellence, was also discussed.
The
Education Hub at Jawaharnagar on the city outskirts, with focus on
world-class graduate and postgraduate education, apart from an Eco Park
on 85 acres at Kothwalguda was discussed by the board.
The
meeting also had on its agenda the Land Pooling Scheme, protection and
conservation of lakes and water bodies and Hussainsagar Lake and
Catchment Area Improvement Project.
SCB Master Plan
The
meeting also approved a proposal on preparing a Master Plan for the
Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB). Spread over 42 sq.km, the SCB does
not have a Master Plan though the HMDA with a jurisdiction of 7,257 sq.
km has five Master Plans.
A Green Channel concept
offering development permissions on a fast track basis within seven
working days is to be reintroduced in a phased manner with the
applicability initially restricted to layout approvals.
Other
projects include the Comprehensive Transportation System (CTS) and the
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan for HMA, first of
its kind in the country for which HMDA had entered into an MoU with
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).