The Pioneer 23.04.2013
Govt plans master plan for urban land use
Preparation of the master plan through the Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping and remote sensing survey has been undertaken in 53 towns, a senior official said.
Development plans for five places, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Jatni and Choudwar, have already been completed and implemented, said Director of Town Planning Prasant Kumar Patnaik.
Similarly, draft plans for nine more towns. Puri, Konark, Sambalpur, Burla, Hirakud, Jharsuguda, Brajarajnagar, Belpahar and Paradip have been prepared and objections on the draft plans have been invited from the people of the concerned towns, he said during a visit here.
Patnaik said the database is being prepared for another 20 towns after GIS mapping and survey conducted through remote sensing. The draft master plan of all these towns will be prepared soon, while the Government has decided to prepare the mater plan for all 106 towns by the end of 2014-15, he said.
Even though the preparation of master plan for town development has to be developed in every two to three years, development plans in several towns were not prepared in the last several decades.
For example, the last master plan for Brahmapur was prepared in 1969, said a senior officer.
