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City master plan to be ready soon

Wednesday, 09 June 2010 05:38 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle      09.06.2010

City master plan to be ready soon

June 9th, 2010
DC Correspondent
Tags: HMDA, Hyderabad, Municipal Corporation Hyderabad, Revised master plan, Secunderabad, Spread, twin cities

Hyderabad, June 8: Final touches are being given to the revised master plan for core city that covers the 172-sq-km area of the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad spread across the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has almost completed incorporating changes in the plan, based on about 2,000 objections and suggestions made by stake holders in the draft of the revised master plan.

“We have completed the consultation process with citizens’ groups, NGOs and other stake holders. Now, final touches are being given to the plan. We will send it to the government before June 15 for final approval. The government will then issue a notification for the master plan,” the HMDA commissioner, Mr B.P. Acharya, said.

Most of the objections pertained to widening of interior roads in colonies and localities.

Citizens asked the HMDA to reduce the proposed width of road widening so that demolition of a large number of private properties could be avoided.

 

Master Plan ready for another revision

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 04:42 administrator
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The Hindu       08.06.2010

Master Plan ready for another revision

Staff Correspondent

MANGALORE: The Government has issued a Gazette notification making amendments to the zonal regulations of the Master Plan (Revision II) for the Mangalore local planning area, according to Mayor Rajani Dugganna.

Addressing presspersons here on Monday, the Mayor said that the notification had been published in the Gazette of June 1. People could file objections or suggestions within 30 days. The Mangalore City Corporation received a copy of the notification on Monday, she said. Objections or suggestions should be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore 560001, she added.

The Government approved the master plan prepared by the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on September 10, 2009. Councillors in the corporation had opposed certain provisions in the plan as they were preventing people owning small sites from building houses. Certain provisions in the zonal regulations were also sought to be amended. Hence, Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada J. Krishna Palemar had convened a meeting of officials and select elected representatives to suggest amendments. Following this, the MUDA had sent the revised master plan to the Government for approval.

The Mayor said that the corporation was fully geared to face floods during the monsoon.

Five workers had been deputed to each of the 60 wards for removing silt from storm-water drains. A vehicle had been provided to two wards each to help them in this regard.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 June 2010 04:43
 

Masterplans upgrade on cards: New plan for LDA, Konch, Ballia, Mahoba

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:23 administrator
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Indian Express     18.05.2010

Masterplans upgrade on cards: New plan for LDA, Konch, Ballia, Mahoba

Lalmani Verma Tags : houses, masterplans upgrade on cards Posted: Tue May 18 2010, 06:16 hrs

Lucknow:  The UP Housing and Urban Planning Department has initiated an exercise to revise the masterplans of five development authorities and 9 regulated areas in the state. Fresh masterplans will also be prepared for three regulated areas and one development authority.

The department has directed the Town and Country Planning office to prepare the new masterplans and revise the existing masterplans.

The new masterplans will be prepared for the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) and regulated areas of Konch, Ballia and Mahoba.

“The existing masterplan (covering 900 square km) of LDA is applicable till 2021. But LDA has earmarked another 600 square km land in its surroundings for extension of its development area. The new masterplan will be for the extension area,” said a housing department official.

“In the masterplan, land use of different areas will be defined and places will be marked for development of road, transport, schools, hospitals, markets and residential areas,” said the official.

“Regulated areas in Konch, Ballia and Mahoba have been constituted recently and hence no masterplan had been prepared so far. Now these areas will have their masterplans for planning of civic services and land use,” said N R Verma, Chief Town and Country Planner, UP

The masterplans of these regulated areas will be applicable till 2031. The revision would be made in the masterplans of Varanasi Development Authority, Unnao-Shuklaganj Development Authority, Firozabad Development Authority, Shikohabad Development Authority and Urai Development Authority.

The regulated areas for which masterplans would be revised include Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh, Kannauj, Fatehpur, Etah, Mainpuri, Sultanpur, Amethi, Bahraich and Dayalbagh. 

While the revised masterplan of Dayalbagh will be applicable till 2021, in the other regulated areas and development authorities it will be applicable till 2031.

“Revision has to be made in masterplans of those towns which have already exhausted. To implement the new decisions of the government and take action against illegal activities, masterplans need to be revised,” said an official.

“Directions have been issued to complete the preparation of new masterplans and revision of the existing masterplans by the end of the current financial year,” said Arun Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Planning Department.

“In Lucknow, areas of some proposed high-tech townships have to be included in LDA’s development area. It will be made in the new masterplan,” Sinha said.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:26
 
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