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Work on Mysore truck terminal to start soon

Monday, 29 March 2010 06:05 administrator
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Business Standard 29.03.2010

Work on Mysore truck terminal to start soon

BS Reporter / Chennai/ Mysore March 29, 2010, 0:25 IST

Work on the much-delayed truck terminal will commence soon with Karnataka transport minister R Ashok laying the foundation stone on March 31 in Mysore.

The D Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal Company Ltd has bought 16.20 acres on the Mysore-Nanjangud Road belonging to Bandipalya and Nachanahalli villages from the Mysore Urban Development Authority.

The Rs 21-crore terminal which could accommodate 150 vehicles will be built in two phases, the first phase costing Rs 12.79 crore and the second phase Rs 8.20 crore. Following the administrative approval by the state government, work has been entrusted to a private contractor through an e-tender process.

The terminal, according to a release, will have 98 plots and will be allotted to lorry owners/agents for construction of go-downs. Besides a facility to load and unload, the truck terminal will have related business facilities like spare parts, tyre marketing shops, petrol bunk, weigh-bridge, workshop and a hotel. Sites will be provided for rest rooms, Sulabh Shouchalaya, fire tenders, police outpost, water supply, electricity, post office and telephone booths. A building has also been proposed for lorry agents. In order to make the place environment-friendly, a park in the area will be an added feature.

Dormitory, toilet, vehicle washing, fuel supply, medical, bank and other infrastructural facilities for truck drivers, conductors and related staff will be created at a specified place in the terminal.

The construction of truck terminal will reduce pressure on the city roads as heavy vehicles can avoid coming to Mysore. Besides reducing environmental pollution and damage to roads, it is expected to ease traffic congestion and avoid parking on roads in an irregular manner.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 06:09
 

Stay on building construction on Agriculture College campus

Friday, 26 March 2010 11:20 administrator
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Indian Express 26.03.2010

Stay on building construction on Agriculture College campus

Express News Service Tags : Agriculture College campus girls hostel, pune Posted: Friday , Mar 26, 2010 at 2330 hrs

Pune: Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade stayed the construction of two buildings in the Agriculture College campus on Wednesday. The order was issued after Professional Party of India (PPI) raised objections to the proposed construction, which involved cutting down 70 trees. The buildings- one an administrative block and another a girls' hostel are being planned on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the institute.

"There is enough free space within the Agriculture College campus for construction. But, to construct building in the plot, around 70 trees, each between 80 to 100 years old, would have to be cut. This is a threat to the environment," said Girish Deshpande, core member, PPI.

"Ironically, the college management has plans to use the proposed administrative block to conduct studies regarding environment and plants. We wrote a letter to Pune Minicipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade," said Deshpande.

The proposed plan is spread over 1.5 acres and Deshpande said, "There are other ways of celebrating a centenary. In fact, within the Agriculture College campus, there is enough barren land where the constructions can be carried out. We have approached several environmentalists, NGOs and civic activists in order to keep a close watch on the developments regarding the construction."

Last Updated on Friday, 26 March 2010 11:23
 

‘Focus on emerging crisis in town planning in Mysore'

Thursday, 25 March 2010 06:32 administrator
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The Hindu 25.03.2010

‘Focus on emerging crisis in town planning in Mysore'

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Change in land-use policies destroying orderly growth: MGP

MYSORE: The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has cautioned that frequent change in land-use policies by the local authorities was destroying the foundations of the orderly growth of the city.

In a letter to Minister for Urban Development S. Suresh Kumar, the MGP has drawn his attention to a few important issues that will have a bearing on the future of the city.

B. Vaikunth Shenoy of the MGP pointed out that the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) was liberal in according permission to change the land-use from residential to commercial as a result of which shops, commercial complexes, hotels and garages proliferated in residential localities, causing nuisance to people.

He referred to Section 14(a)(1) of the Karnataka Town And Country Planning Act, 1961, and pointed out that change in land-use could be effected only in the interests of the people. Refuting MUDA's justification that permitting change in land-use from residential to commercial would help people to procure merchandise locally and create more jobs, the MGP said these reasons were far from the truth and were ludicrous.

“These areas already have shops and if some more are allowed, they will only benefit their owners and not the public. Secondly, if creation of jobs is a valid public interest reason, can one permit a factory which creates many jobs to come up on a residential site?” Mr. Shenoy asked and urged the MUDA not to grant permission for a change in land-use.

Mr. Shenoy said the MGP had repeatedly opposed any change in land-use and had filed 50 objections, but the MUDA routinely ignored them.

The MGP drew the attention of the Minister to permission being accorded for construction of apartments on residential sites and said even though, such buildings were for residential purposes, they were in commercial nature according to a High Court order. Therefore, building apartments on residential sites without obtaining permission for land-use change was a violation of rules and the Comprehensive Development Plan. But the local authorities routinely allowed such buildings to be constructed and though the MGP had brought such violations to the MUDA's notice, the latter did not act, Mr. Shenoy said.

Referring to the emerging scenario of MUDA's liberal permission to change agricultural land for residential and non-agricultural purposes, the MGP underscored several negative consequences of such a practice and said that it encouraged speculation in real estate.

But one of the worst outcomes of liberal permission to change the land-use pattern is the blow to the concept of integrated city planning, according to Mr. Shenoy. He said the concept would become meaningless as hundreds of small layouts would mushroom everywhere which would be an eyesore and make it difficult to abide by the town planning regulations.

The MGP urged the Minister to pay attention to the emerging crisis in town planning in Mysore.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 06:33
 
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