NASHIK: To streamline town-planning schemes and ensure well-planned urban development by overcoming hurdles in the existing land acquisition system, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (Credai) has advocated that the Ahmedabad pattern of town-planning be replicated in Maharashtra. A proposal on the issue has already been sent to the President of India by the state government and a Credai delegation will meet the President soon.
The permission of the President of India is required for changes in the land acquisition Act and for town planning (TP) schemes. Accordingly, the state government had sent a proposal to the President for the implementation of the TP scheme across Maharashtra. But this proposal is lying with the President from the past couple of years.
Kiran Chavan, president, Credai Nashik, said, "The state has chalked out a proposal of TP on the lines of Ahmedabad and sent it to the President for approval. The President's approval is needed due to changes required in the land acquisition Act. But, the proposal is lying with the President and no decision has been taken so far. Hence, we are planning to approach the President in June to urge her to approve the proposal."
'Civic body saves on land acquisition under scheme'
If the President gives her nod to the TP proposal, then it can be implemented within the limits of municipal corporations and councils across Maharashtra. The Ahmedabad TP scheme pattern became successful in Gujarat and is being implemented across the state.
In Maharashtra, as per the existing development plan (DP), municipal corporations reserve land for civic amenities, and require crores of rupees for acquisition. But, under TP schemes, the municipal corporation need not spend for land acquisition as it gets the land free of cost.
As per the Ahmedabad TP scheme, around 100 or 200 acre of land owned by a number of owners is clubbed. The civic authority takes possession of around 40% of the clubbed land for ring roads, internal roads and spaces for amenities, while the land-owners get the 60% of the net developed land.
The ring road, internal roads, other infrastructure facilities and civic amenities lead to value addition to their land and naturally they get benefit. All the plots are merged and plotted. The civic authority too gets the 40% of land free.
If the land-owner proposes lay-outs on the land, then he has to leave the same portion of the space (around 40%) for roads and other purposes. Hence, there is no loss of land owners under the TP scheme.
On the contrary, the land owner gets value addition to his land. Incidentally, the TP scheme was basically prepared by Maharashtra. Gujarat government officials came to Maharashtra to study the plan and implemented it by making the required changes in the plan, said Chavan.
With an aim to implement the TP scheme, the Gujarat government had established the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) on February 1, 1978. The important functions of the authority include the preparation of physical plans for the development of the Ahmedebad urban agglomeration, to prepare the draft town planning schemes, to implement the revised town planning schemes and to monitor and control the development activities in accordance with the revised development plan.
Besides, it is responsible for the development of infrastructure like road, sewerage, water supply and other basic civic amenities. The AUDA has completed over a hundred projects under the TP system.
Source:timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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