CHANDIGARH, JULY 15
The Haryana Government has published Draft Development Plan 2031 A.D. for controlled areas falling outside the limits of the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad and has invited objections or suggestions within thirty days of its publication.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Town and Country Planning Department said that the Draft Development Plan 2031 A.D. for controlled areas outside Municipal Corporation, Faridabad has been published along with restrictions and conditions under the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963. The restrictions and conditions of Plan would be applicable to the controlled areas falling outside the limits of Municipal Corporation, Faridabad, as on date.
He said that all objections or suggestions regarding Draft Development Plan-2031 AD would be taken into consideration by the Government on or after the expiry of period of 30 days. Any objection or suggestion relating to the area falling outside the limits of the Municipal Corporation, Faridabad could be sent in writing, to the Director, Town and Country Planning, Haryana, Second Floor, S.C.O. No. 71-75, Sector 17-C, Chandigarh, before the expiry of this period.
He said that Faridabad is one of the most populated and industrialized cities of Haryana. The city is famous for Henna production in agriculture sector while tractors, motor cycles, switch gears, Refrigerators, shoes and tyres are other famous industrial products of the city. In the forthcoming decades, the likely implementation of various infrastructure projects such as Metro Rail, Dedicated Freight Corridor and Eastern Peripheral Expressway would further provide a boost in the growth of this town.
Land use proposals have been formulated on the consideration that the industrial activities and trade and commerce will continue to remain the major economic base of the town. The town is growing as a major industrial centre of the State as well as of the region. The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation has already acquired land and developed an Industrial Modal Township (IMT) on the eastern side of the Agra Canal. A lot of industrial activities have already come up in the controlled areas after obtaining the change of land use permissions from the competent authority.
The Draft Development Plan, 2031 A.D. has been proposed, keeping in view, the overall town density of 113 persons per hectares, to accommodate 38.86 lakh persons by 2031 A.D., within the urbanizable area of 34368 hectares has been proposed.
An area of 14328 hectares has been proposed for residential purpose on the basis of average residential density of 271 persons per hectare (PPH). The density for the proposed residential sectors has been kept as 300 persons per hectare to accommodate the projected population. Three sectors numbering 119, 143 and 146, adjoining to the proposed industrial sectors have been proposed with a density of 600 PPH, wherein only group housing projects will be permitted. Eight pockets of 25 hectares each have also been reserved for high density development of 1125 PPH in sectors 99, 112, 119, 122, 139, 143, 146 and 156, paving the way for construction of smaller flats and for providing housing to low and medium income group.
An area of 2069 hectares has been proposed for commercial purpose. In the present plan, commercial land uses have been proposed along major roads in a linear pattern along sector roads between various sectors so that tendency of converting residential areas into commercial use can be curbed. In addition sectors 100, 120 and 154 have been proposed as city centre. The commercial sector 100 and 117-A have been reserved for exclusive development by HUDA.
Since, Faridabad is primarily an industrial agglomeration; an area of 6179 hectares has been proposed for industrial development in the present plan. The existing Gas based Thermal Plant has already been accommodated in the Development Plan as special zone. HSIIDC has already developed an Industrial Model Township (IMT) in sectors 66, 67, 68 and 69 situated in the east of Agra Canal. Due to the existence of industries in sector 13, the land use of sector-13 has been changed from institutional to industrial-cum-institutional. A width of 60 metre to 120 metre, around the village abadies falling in the proposed urbanizable zone has been reserved in the Development Plan for the future development of this area which would be regulated as per the policy framed by the Government from time to time.Provision of multi-level parking for each 100 acres urbanizable area and other small town level infrastructure facilities such as site for Telephone Exchange, site for Transit Station for Solid Waste Disposal, site for Rein Basera etc. will be provided at the time of preparation of the circulation plans of the respective sectors.
For smooth channelization of inter-city traffic, the circulation pattern has been proposed in the Development plan. Delhi-Mathura Road continues to be the central axis for the Inter-State traffic to Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. It also carries the major portion of Intra-city volume of traffic, resulting in lot of congestion on this road. To relieve this road from the external traffic, a 60 metre wide bypass road has been constructed by HUDA, as per the provisions of published Final Development Plan-2011 A.D. On the western sidetraffic from south Delhi via Mehrauli road and from Gurgaon will bypass the city through proposed 75 metres and 90 metres wide roads proposed parallel to National Highway, which links the existing Surajkund or Sohna road to National Highway near village Sikri. In addition to the already proposed 75 metre wide eastern peripheral road in the Final Development Plan 2011 A.D, 75 metre wide roads and 90 metre wide road have been proposed for the additional urbanizable area proposed in the eastern side of Agra Canal, which will connect the existing roads and also to the proposed urbanizable area of Prithla, Noida and Greater Noida.
For the Traffic generated by to-and-fro movement for the cities situated on the east of Yamuna River like; NOIDA, Ghaziabad, Meerut, which is unnecessarily creating congestion in Delhi, an Express Highway has been constructed, which after passing over the newly constructed barrage-cum-Bridge over the Yamuna River enters Haryana near Badarpur Thermal Power Plant, along the eastern flank of Agra Canal. In Haryana, it comes along the east of Agra Canal towards the north of sector 87, from there onwards; it will be linked with the proposed roads in the proposed urbanization on the east of Agra Canal to meet Delhi-Mathura Road.
A 100 metre wide road, known as Eastern Peripheral Expressway, has been proposed alongwith 100 metre wide green belt on both sides in the development plan. Two links with 75 metre width have been proposed to connect this expressway near sector 121 and sector 132. The connectivity proposed near sector 131 and 132 has been proposed to facilitate the industrial sectors which would be developed by HSIIDC and the same would not be included in the External Development charges to be fixed by HUDA. For intra-city traffic a network of 60 metres wide roads, alongwith 12 metre wide service roads, spread at a distance of about one kilometre to 1.5 kilometres apart on the gridiron pattern have been proposed. These roads are the sector dividing roads, which have been shown as V-2 on the present Plan. Within each sector, road network of 24 metres and 12 metres width would be adopted while preparing the detailed layout plan ofeach sector.
For proper linkages of urbanizable proposals on eastern and western side of the Railway line, it is necessary to have Railway Bridges. In addition to the already proposed Railway Over Bridges, over the level crossing on Mewla-Maharajpur and Sarai Khawaja-Suraj Kund Road, one Railway over bridge has been proposed on the crossing of 75 metre wide eastern peripheral road with the Delhi-Mathura Railway line near village Malerna. The present bridges on Agra Canal are very old and weak which were designed to carry the rural traffic. To integrate the urbanizable proposals on either side of Agra and Gurgaon Canals, bridges on sector dividing roads have been proposed. The existing bridges near old Faridabad, Tigaon road,Palla road and Ballabgarh-Mohna Road require widening and strengthening.
The Dedicated Freight Corridor from Mumbai to Dadri will be passing through the proposed urbanizable area. A 50 metre wide green belt has been proposed on both sides of the Dedicated Freight Corridor and in this 50 metre wide green belt, 12 metre wide service road has been proposed on both sides. Two linkages from the outer peripheral road, near sector 92 and near sector 95 have been proposed for providing connectivity to Noida and Greater Noida respectively. The Metro rail has also been proposed along Delhi-Mathura road, up to Ballabgarh which is presently being implemented by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Apart from it, extension of this link upto village Sikri has been proposed as well as along the bypass road along Gurgaon/Agra Canal and along 75 metre wideroad along sectors 87, 88, 89, 84, 83, 78, 77, 72, 71, 68, 67 and 66, which however would be subject to change as per feasibility and other studies to be conducted subsequently.
In accordance with the proposals of Regional Plan 2021 A.D. of NCRPB, the provision of Regional Rapid Transit System along the existing Delhi-Mathura Railway line has also been made. Further, Regional Plan provides for Inner Regional Orbital Rail Corridor (IRORC) to connect Sonepat-JhajjarGurgaon-
The circulation system of the town would have Gridiron System. In addition to the already proposed Transport Zone of the Final Development Plan-2011 A.D, Transport Nagars or sites have been proposed near proposed industrial sectors along main roads. An area of 4020 hectares has been proposed for Transport and Communication.
One Transport Nagar has already been planned in sector 61. Additional, Transport and Communication areas have been proposed in different parts of the town depending on the future demand. Site of Inter State Bus Stand has been proposed in sector 12 which has already been transferred to the Transport Department. As per the future requirements, new Bus Terminal could be proposed in the proposed Transport and Communication zone. Acomprehensive Mobility Plan of Faridabad-Ballabgarh Complex has already been prepared and its recommendations have been accepted by the Government. Various recommendations have been made for the traffic management designing of road construction, parking facilities etc. The development agencies like; HUDA, HSIIDC, MCF, PWD (B&R) and the Transport department would vigorously explore the possibility of implementing theserecommendations.
In the Development Plan, all existing public utility sites have been accommodated. Similarly, the sites of sewage disposal have been proposed in the area of east Agra Canal. A total area of 638 hectares has been proposed for public utility purposes.
Efforts shall be made for recycle or reuse of waste water and treated water should be utilized for revival of Badkhal lake. As per the requirement of Public Health Engineering Department and HUDA, provision of Canal Based Water Works has been made in the development plan.
In the new urbanizable area, suitable sites for 400 KV and 220 KV substations have been allocated for thedevelopment of required infrastructure for transmission and distribution of electricity in consonance with the requirement of HVPNL. The Right of Way (ROW) corridor for overhead transmission lines for 400 KV and 220 KV would be incorporated while planning the road cross section and in the abutting green belts or open spaces.
The site of solid waste disposal of Gurgaon and Faridabad has been provided in the revenue estate of village Bandhwari in district Gurgaon. For additional required sites for solid waste disposal, disposal of silt or debris, medical waste and for carcasses, four sites have been proposed. Area has also been exclusively earmarked for the purpose of cattle pond, slaughter house with meat market, dairy, piggery zone and Dog Kennel.
Under Public and Semi Public Uses, an area of 1299 hectares has been proposed in linear pattern along major roads. The neighborhood level community facilities will be provided while preparing the layout plan of individual sector. However, for public and semi public use, the town level facilities, which include colleges and Hospitals, have been proposed in theDevelopment Plan. The Colleges and Hospitals have been proposed considering the projected population of 38.86 lakh.
In the Development plan, an area of 5314 hectares has been kept under open space use. Out of this, major open spaces lie along major roads, along Dedicated Freight Corridor and between the industrial and residential area, in the form of green belts or green buffers. The green areas along Tilpat Firing Range, Air force Station, Badkhal and Surajkund Tourist Complex and along 75 metre wide road on the eastern side have been proposed in the Development plan. An area measuring approximately 1000 acres has been proposed for development of golf course(s) towards the northern side of V-1 road along sector 92, 93, 94 and 95. Central Park would be developed in the open space zone proposed along the eastern peripheral road of Final Development plan 2011 A.D. In addition to this, town level green areas have been proposed in the urbanizable area on the eastern as well as western side of Agra Canal for the use of the residents. Sector 54A, open area near sector 105, 125, 128, 147 and open area around Tilpat Firing Range has been proposed for the creation of Rain Water Harvesting Systems,lakes and other water bodies for the purpose of ground water recharge.
Special Zone-1 already exists in the published Final Development Plan 2011 A.D. This zone would include institutions, offices, recreational building and areas with residential, commercial and other uses ancillary to the main uses, provided that the gross area under each main use would not be less than 10 acres. In addition to special zone-1, another special zone i.e. special zone-2 has been proposed in the Draft Development plan 2031 A.D. for residential and commercial uses, which was basically the land of HPGCL near village Mujessar.
The commercial belt proposed in Final Development Plan (FDP) Faridabad-Ballabgarh Complex 2011 AD, along railway line in sector 45 and 46 has been proposed under mixed land use wherein residential and commercial activities will be permitted. The industrial belt in sector 15A proposed in FDP Faridabad-Ballabgarh Complex 2011 AD along National Highway has now been proposed as Mixed land use wherein residential, commercial and industrial activities shall be permissible. Also, some area which has already been acquired by HSIIDC, in the 500 metre open space zone along eastern peripheral road of Final Development Plan Faridabad-Ballabgarh-2011, has been earmarked as area under mixed land use (for rehabilitation and re-settlement policy).
The area on the western side of western peripheral road of published FDP Faridabad-Ballabgarh Complex 2011 A.D. falling mostly under the Aravalli ranges have been designated as Natural Conservation Zone in the plan. A 500 metre wide belt on both sides along Yamuna River has also been proposed under Natural Conservation Zone. In this zone, the activities like; agriculture, horticulture, pisiculture, social forestry or plantation including afforestation and regional recreational activities with no construction exceeding 0.5 per cent of the area with the permission of the competent authority shall be permitted.
For execution of any project, the project proponent will have to obtain environmental clearance which is mandatory in nature. Thedevelopment activities would be allowed only in accordance to the orders of the Supreme Court. Similarly, the restrictions applicable to eco-sensitive zones or for protection of environment, in anymanner would also be followed and implemented. Further, pumping of ground water in and from an area upto 5 kilometres from Delhi-Haryana Border in the Haryana side of the ridge and also in the Aravalli hills would be prohibited in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court. Notifications issued by Government of India, from time to time would be applicable and binding in this regard. The monuments, heritage sites, special areas of aesthetic, sentimental or historic value which require protection would be protected.
The legal sanctity to the proposals regarding land use is being given effect by a set of zoning regulations which form part of this development plan. These regulations will govern the change of land use and standards of development. This also very elaborately detail out allied and ancillary uses, which will be permitted in the various major land uses and stipulate that all the change of land use and development would be in accordance with the details shown in the sector plan thereby ensuring the preparation of detailed sector plans for each sector to guide the development and enforce control. The requirement of these zoning regulations would extend to the whole of the area covered by the draft development plan and would be in addition to the requirements of the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963 (41 of 1963) and the rules framed there under.
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