The Times of India 27.01.2010
HMDA receives 160 objections, suggestions
HYDERABAD: Residents of some localities have petitioned the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to change land use of their areas so that they can turn them into commercial zones.
HMDA has received half-a-dozen requests from residents of upmarket areas like Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills after the authority invited objections and suggestions on the draft master plan for the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) area, a couple of weeks ago. The authority would accept objections and suggestions on the master plan till February 18.
For instance, some residents have sought conversion of land use from residential to commercial on the stretch between Jubilee Hills checkpost and Film Nagar Road.
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department had declared Road No. 1 and 2 of Banjara Hills and Road No. 36 of Jubilee Hills as commercial roads. Similar requests have come in from Banjara Hills and Padmaraonagar in Secunderabad.
With declaration of a particular road as commercial, residents can construct buildings up to five floors and exploit them commercially.
HMDA officials said over 160 objections and suggestions were received in the last two weeks. Most objections were on proposed road widths while majority of the suggestions were on conversion of land use.
Locals of Taj Krishna-KPC Guest House stretch raised objections over the proposal to widen the road to 80 feet. They said the road had been widened to 60 ft a couple of years ago and further widening would affect their properties. Some residents of Ashoknagar have asked the urban development authorities not to convert Ashoknagar nala area as a recreational one and keep it residential only.
"The vacant land along the nala has been proposed as a recreational zone for developing greenery," a city planner of HMDA said.
Over 50 objections were given to HMDA officials at the awareness programme on the draft master plan held in Old City a couple of days ago.
"The HMDA is not maintaining transparency on the master plan. They have just displayed some maps at HMDA office
and posted it on its website. There are no explanatory notes on the proposed changes in the master plan," Ravindranath Buggarapu, a resident of Barkatpura, said.
NGO Forum For A Better Hyderabad has said there was ambiguity in the master plan like land use zoning regulations.
HMDA has received half-a-dozen requests from residents of upmarket areas like Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills after the authority invited objections and suggestions on the draft master plan for the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) area, a couple of weeks ago. The authority would accept objections and suggestions on the master plan till February 18.
For instance, some residents have sought conversion of land use from residential to commercial on the stretch between Jubilee Hills checkpost and Film Nagar Road.
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department had declared Road No. 1 and 2 of Banjara Hills and Road No. 36 of Jubilee Hills as commercial roads. Similar requests have come in from Banjara Hills and Padmaraonagar in Secunderabad.
With declaration of a particular road as commercial, residents can construct buildings up to five floors and exploit them commercially.
HMDA officials said over 160 objections and suggestions were received in the last two weeks. Most objections were on proposed road widths while majority of the suggestions were on conversion of land use.
Locals of Taj Krishna-KPC Guest House stretch raised objections over the proposal to widen the road to 80 feet. They said the road had been widened to 60 ft a couple of years ago and further widening would affect their properties. Some residents of Ashoknagar have asked the urban development authorities not to convert Ashoknagar nala area as a recreational one and keep it residential only.
"The vacant land along the nala has been proposed as a recreational zone for developing greenery," a city planner of HMDA said.
Over 50 objections were given to HMDA officials at the awareness programme on the draft master plan held in Old City a couple of days ago.
"The HMDA is not maintaining transparency on the master plan. They have just displayed some maps at HMDA office
and posted it on its website. There are no explanatory notes on the proposed changes in the master plan," Ravindranath Buggarapu, a resident of Barkatpura, said.
NGO Forum For A Better Hyderabad has said there was ambiguity in the master plan like land use zoning regulations.
