Confusion prevails in the areas coming under the draft master plan
for 2031, with the City Corporation demanding withdrawal of a government
notification freezing construction activities in those areas. Mayor K
Chandrika has pointed out that a certain clause present in the gazette
dated September 23, 2013 was making the conditions in the draft master
plan immediately applicable for certain areas.

  “The clause will
be detrimental to areas from Attipra to Kattayikonam. Hence, the said
clause must be removed and it has to be added that ‘status quo
maintained’ until the detailed master plan is published,” said Chandrika
in a press conference held here on Wednesday.

 As per the draft
master plan, Kattayikonam and Mangottukonam areas are fully set aside
for public institutions. Attipra and Kallingal are strategic zones.
Kadakampally and Ulloor areas are to be turned into tourism zones.
“These places are densely populated and when the draft plan was
published neither the government nor the Town Planning department had
mentioned that the above said matters would come into effect soon,” said
Chandrika.

  Though there was a strong demand from the
councillors and people’s representatives to publish the draft plan in
Malayalam, only a concise material in 10 pages in the language was
brought out finally. The draft master plan did not mention survey
numbers or other details. According to the Mayor, this, in turn, posed
difficulties for people to understand the draft master plan fully.