The State level committee of Haryana Town and Country Planning Department has finalised the draft development plan of Faridabad. Besides, the Committee has also approved the first draft development plan of Pehowa for inviting objections and suggestions from the general public
The committee met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday here.
The draft development plan of Faridabad had been prepared for the projected population of over 38 lakh upto the year 2031.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officers to construct high rise buildings as it would provide more open spaces to the people. He also asked the officers to maintain the green belt or open spaces as earmarked in the development plan.
On the matter of development of sectors of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), the Chief Minister said that the Authority should make efforts to develop sectors preferably in those areas where residential facilities are not being provided by any private developers. The State Government has decided that the private developers have to give 12 per cent of the land to the Government for development works, said he.
In the development plan of Faridabad, while 14,328 hectare area which comprise of 41.69 per cent has been kept for residential purposes, 2069 hectare land has been kept for commercial purpose, 6179 hectare for industrial purpose, 4020 hectare for transport and communication, 638 hectares for public utility, 1299 hectares for public and semi public uses, 5314 hectare for open spaces, parks and green belts and 448 hectares for special zone.
The draft development plan of Pehowa has been prepared for the projected population of 1.10 lakh upto 2031 AD.
The Chief Minister directed that keeping in view the religious significance of Pehowa, a separate provision should be made in the draft draft development plan. On this, he was apprised that an area has been kept reserved for River Sarawati passing through Pehowa.