Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
NEW DELHI: The long wait for finalisation of the Master Plan for
Delhi-2021 will soon get over as the Delhi Development Authority has set
itself an internal target of completing the important planning document by
this coming February-end.
"We have already framed the issues and conducted meetings to finalise the
chapters. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on February 3 and the
matters are being discussed on almost a day-to-day basis," said DDA
Vice-Chairman Dinesh Rai, adding that the Master Plan would be finalised
by the end of February.
Observing that the final document has to be "professional and technically
correct", he said eight rounds of interaction had already been held to
discuss the various objections filed on the draft Plan.
It was in December 2005 that the Board of Enquiry and Hearing constituted
for considering objections and suggestions for the Master Plan- 2021 held
its first meeting. As the Master Plan is already running five years late,
the Board heard over 250 petitions in the first meeting itself. And since
it had to complete hearings of all the 7,000 suggestions and objections
received by DDA by the end of December, meetings were held in quick
succession thereafter. What helped matters was the fact that about 5,000
cases were similar and so were disposed of quickly. The relevant
suggestions would now be put before the Authority and necessary amendments
would be drafted...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/31/stories/2006013112930400.htm
NEW DELHI: The long wait for finalisation of the Master Plan for
Delhi-2021 will soon get over as the Delhi Development Authority has set
itself an internal target of completing the important planning document by
this coming February-end.
"We have already framed the issues and conducted meetings to finalise the
chapters. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on February 3 and the
matters are being discussed on almost a day-to-day basis," said DDA
Vice-Chairman Dinesh Rai, adding that the Master Plan would be finalised
by the end of February.
Observing that the final document has to be "professional and technically
correct", he said eight rounds of interaction had already been held to
discuss the various objections filed on the draft Plan.
It was in December 2005 that the Board of Enquiry and Hearing constituted
for considering objections and suggestions for the Master Plan- 2021 held
its first meeting. As the Master Plan is already running five years late,
the Board heard over 250 petitions in the first meeting itself. And since
it had to complete hearings of all the 7,000 suggestions and objections
received by DDA by the end of December, meetings were held in quick
succession thereafter. What helped matters was the fact that about 5,000
cases were similar and so were disposed of quickly. The relevant
suggestions would now be put before the Authority and necessary amendments
would be drafted...
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/31/stories/2006013112930400.htm