The Pioneer 26.04.2013
BMC identifying vacant land plots for putting them to commercial use
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started identifying vacant land for bringing into commercial use. It has proposed to establish hawker’s corner and other commercial projects on basis of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode over such land.
The BMC squad would also renovate the old shops located in major markets. Multi-storey buildings would also be constructed there as required. As the corporation is carrying out various development works, it will also provide land or floors in multi-story complex on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
The BMC officials are of view that these development works would resolve the problem of encroachments to a large extent. A meeting of BMC officials was held on Wednesday on this matter. The zonal officials were instructed to identify vacant lands in the wards of their respective zones and collect the information of how the land could be bring into commercial use.
The officials have been asked to submit the complete report till Friday. After the submission of report, another meeting would be held to discuss the auction of the lands and discussion over other upcoming projects would also be held.
Further, BMC would establish women hawker’s corner by this year. BMC Additional Commissioner GP Mali and Deputy Commissioner Revenue Pradeep Verma are asked to look into matter and work out the plan accordingly.
The BMC is also focusing on the shops located at the prime locations. The squad would renovate the damaged old buildings or shops located there. With this project, the rent of the shops would be increased and other monthly expenses would also take a hike.
Another meeting on the matter would be convened on Friday.
