Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is learnt to have cleared the master plan of Bhopal prepared after 25 years. After discussions in the meeting held on Saturday, Kamal Nath approved the plan.
Official sources said that Urban Administration Minister Jaiavardhan Singh will get the master plan published within a week after getting the approval of the Chief Minister. After this, claims objection will be invited for one month. This plan has been made for up to 2031.
Before this, the master plan was made in 1995. At that time the Congress government under Digvijay Singh was in power and after 25 years when the master plan has been approved again, Congress is in power in the State.
The master plan of Bhopal has been prepared as a blueprint. It emphasises the development of the border areas and suburbs of the Capital.
Speaking to reporters before the Master Plan meeting, Kamal Nath said that the increasing population is a burden for Bhopal. The master plan will be based on this. The roadmap for the development of the city will also be decided on this basis. We have to keep Bhopal and the big cities of the country safe, so it is important that we talk about urbanisation as well as sub-urbanisation.
Urban Administration Minister Jaiavardhan Singh said that the way Bhopal city has grown at a rapid pace, it is now necessary to make a systematic master plan for Bhopal. The last master plan was made in 1995, at that time there was a Congress Government in the state, it was made till 2005.
The BJP Government had the opportunity to make a master plan twice, but could not make it. When the Congress government was formed, we had resolved to make a master plan of Bhopal. There is a plan to connect the surrounding villages in the master plan. It is being prepared for up to the year 2031.