The Mysore-Nanjangud Local Planning Area 2031 has been gazetted, and the Mysore Urban Development Authority has called for objections and suggestions from the people within 60 days of the gazette notification.

C.G. Betsurmath, MUDA Commissioner, told presspersons on Thursday that the gazette notification was issued on August 9. To a question, Dr. Betsurmath said that details of the master plan had been put up on the MUDA website www.mudamysore.gov.in. For those who did not have Internet facility, meetings would be organised. The MUDA was in the process of releasing CDs that would have details of the master plan, Dr. Betsurmath said. The CD would cost Rs. 4,000.

The Mysore Master Plan 2031 has a vision horizon of 20 years, and the local planning area will be around 509.33 sq km.The planning area comprises 117 villages, including 84 in Mysore, 19 in Nanjangud taluk and 14 in Srirangapatna taluk.

It is expected to cater to a projected population of 23 lakh by 2031. Preliminary information on the land-use pattern indicates that 32 per cent of the available land will be for residential areas, while open parks and spaces within the city limits will comprise about 5 per cent of the total area.