The Times of India 24.12.2014
New TP to focus on local development
AHMEDABAD:
With an emphasis on local area plan in addressing issues like
transportation, stormwater drainage systems, access routes, greening and
other civic necessities, the new development plan for Ahmedabad till
2021 has taken a progressive shift from the conventional wisdom of town
planning.
The development plan is poised to generate funds for
civic infrastructure from chargeable FSI in each of designated zones.
The Transit Oriented Zone (TOZ) spread over 45km with an allotted FSI of
5.4 will generate funds from the sale of 3.6 FSI; similar is the case
for buildings coming up on the central business district on the 2.5km
stretch Ashram Road.
Then there is the affordable housing zone
which has an FSI of 2.7 will include a chargeable FSI of 0.9. But these
funds would largely depend on the number of projects that the Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority
(AUDA) are able to attract to these zones. This will involve
redevelopment of many of the existing old buildings.
In
Koteshwar, Rancharda, Bhadaj and Shilaj, small pockets designated as
general agriculture zones have been re-designated for residential areas
and gamtal. In Gota, portions reserved for general industrial zone is
re-designated for residential low-rise. Similar is the case for small
portions of area in Asarwa, Saijpur Bogha Vastral, Ramol and Kathwada,
where general industrial area is being re-designated as residential
—mainly low-rise zones.
The development has also packed in a
number of safety features. It was required the setting up of a special
committee of six persons headed by the municipal commissioner which will
pass buildings of 45 metres and above. The notification has also fixed
the qualifications and the number of years of experience of structural
engineers for high-rises. Besides, there will be CCTV cameras for
security of commercial buildings and compulsory annual audit of fire
safety.
“There are also specifications for parking provisions
for buildings that cover between 750 square metres to 2,000 sq mts area.
In such a case, a 40% reservation of utilizable FSI area has to be
designated for parking,” says a senior official of AUDA.
