The master plan for the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) area will be finalised by April-end.
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), which received over 1,800 objections and suggestions from citizens and organisations, has decided to make some modifications in the draft master plan, especially with regard to road widths, green belts along water bodies and land use.
The revised draft would be sent to the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department in a week. Later, the state government would issue a notification for the master plan.
The urban development authority had invited objections and suggestions on the draft master plan for the erstwhile MCH area in January and gave citizens time till March 18 to send their petitions.
“The objections and suggestions have been categorised into individual petitions, government departments and NGOs. These claims were discussed at the HMDA executive council meeting a few days ago. A final draft is being prepared,” a HMDA official said.
While majority of the objections were by individuals, nearly 100 petitions were from government departments and other organisations.
Individuals have asked HMDA to drop the plan to increase road width in their colonies and concentrate on main roads. For instance, residents of Erramanzil raised objections over a proposal to widen the Taj Krishna-KPC guest house road to 80 feet. They claimed the road was already widened to 60 feet a couple of years ago and further widening would affect their properties.
Officials sources said HMDA would consider citizens’ concerns on road widths. A meeting with GHMC officials would be held on April 7 to discuss on road widths.
The other petitions were pertaining to change of land use. Residents have asked HMDA to convert land use of their localities to commercial from residential use.
These requests came in from residents of localities like Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills and Padmarao Nagar. Their argument was that though their areas were not declared commercial areas, roads have become busy and not useful for residential purpose.
Interestingly, APSRTC has urged HMDA to convert their depots like Ranigunj to multipurpose land use from transportation as it has plans to construct commercial complexes under public private partnership. The transport organisation wants to commercially exploit its land to get revenue through rentals. The Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited asked the urban authority to propose minimum 100 feet road all along three metro corridors in the master plan.
Tags: Banjara Hills, Hyderabad Metro Rail, Hyderabad real estate, Jubilee Hills, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), Padmarao Nagar, The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
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