Institute for Town Planners & HMDA organize a
workshop on
“Integrated Masterplan for Hyderabad Metropolitan
Region”
Town Planners from across the country discuss and
propose solutions to the challenges in developing the Integrated Master Plan
for Hyderabad Metropolitan Region
Hyderabad September
2016:
The
Institute of Town Planners India, Telangana Regional Chapter, Hyderabad (ITPI -
TRC) in association with HMDA organized a One day workshop on “Integrated
Master Plan for Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.”The workshop was ordered to
happen by Hon’ble Sri K. T Rama Rao – Minister for IT, Industries, MAUD and NRI
affairs.
The workshop was organised with an objective of getting a holistic
view from the eminent town planners across the country required to integrate
the 5 existing master plans for the Hyderabad city and developing a
comprehensive revised masterplan for Hyderabad Metropolitan Region (HMR)
integrating the present day requirements, incorporating the need for the
development of Transit Oriented Growth Corridors and the development of the
region around ORR and beyond essential to transform Hyderabad into a global
smart city.
The workshop created a platform to
deliberate and debate and simultaneously assimilate the experiences of the town
planners and integrate it with Government’s vision for the city. The new
masterplan requires to provide for a seamless connectivity by simplification
and standardization of zoning regulations, using the state of the art
technology and incorporating the global best practices with inclusive planning
and provision for best in class social amenities to transform Hyderabad into a
world class city meeting the future requirements.
The workshop witnessed
active participation from eminent personalities including Sri T
Chiranjeevulu, IAS Commissioner HMDA, Dr. D.S. Meshram, President ITPI, Sri K.
Anand Babu, DTCP, Telangana State and Chairman ITPI –TRC, Sri K. Purushotham
Reddy, Director, Planning HMDA and Hon. Secretary ITPI – TRC,Hyderabad, Sri
Rajan Chattopadhya, Director General Planning, Kolkata Metropolitan Development
Authority, Sri Rajeev Malhotra, Former Chief Planner and Advisor National Capital
Regional Planning Board, New Delhi, Sri A Paneer Selvan, Executive Director of
LEA Associates along with a large number of other eminent town planners,
Developers from Hyderabad and other parts of the country.
Welcoming the dignitaries Sri.
K. Anand Babu, DTCP, Telangana State and Chairman ITPI - TRC Hyderabad said “Telangana
is on a fast pace of growth and development. It is a matter of great pride that
today Telangana is ranked as one amongst the best states for doing business due
to the proactive policies and quick decision making. With rapid growth, it
is essential to plan for the future and streamline and integrate the existing
Masterplans for Hyderabad. There is a need to remove the shortcomings of the
existing plans and demark areas for specific purposes and plan the
future infrastructure to supportthe growth and development of the
city and transform it into a global smart city is desired. We are organizing
this workshop in association with HMDA to deliberate on the issues and challenges
in preparing the integrated comprehensive masterplan for Hyderabad.”
Setting the tone for the workshop Sri.
T Chiranjeevulu, IAS, Commissioner, HMDA said, “The Hyderabad
metropolitan region has 5 different plans in different formats with different
zoning regions etc. To integrate the plans we need to adopt a 3 pronged
strategy. The first phase would be to convert the existing masterplans in the
same format andachieve seamless connectivity. It requires to achieve uniform
zoning regulations and common horizon year for a proper integration of
different land use corridors and the development of infrastructure while
preserving the existing environment and heritage.
The exercise required the
preparation of guiding principles, incorporation of global best practices and
the inputs from all stake holders to evolve a shared vision while
preparing a Concept plan for 2041 with a projection of population growth to 19
Mn from the present 9.4 Mn. The development of integrated and revised
masterplan for HMR needs to have a proper assessment of the existing situation
by removing the existing anomalies and incorporating the revised integrated and
finalized plan for Hyderabad.”
Adding to this Dr. D S Meshram, President ITPI said,
“The biggest challenge for the cities today is to have a comprehensive master
plan for the city capturing the accurate details of different preservation and
development zones and detailed specifications for drainage, water and
sanitation, roads and transport with traffic flows, electricity, drinking water
supply, telecommunication and optical fibre network along with the planning for
the future infrastructure required by the city.
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| V.Satyanarayana, ITPI, K.Anand Babu, Chairman, ITPI-TRC, T. Chiranjeevulu, IAS, Commissioner, HMDA. Dr.D.S. Mesharam, President, ITPI, New Delhi |
The workshop is organized
by ITPI Telangana regional chapter to gather the insights from the experience of
the Town Planners across the country and to discuss, debate and collate the
issues and challenges to develop a comprehensive master plan for the city.”
Thanking the participants Sri K. Purushotham Reddy,
Director Planning HMDA and Hon. Secretary, Institute of Town Planners India –
Telangana Regional Chapter said “Last 2 years, since the formation of
Telangana State, we have seen a lot of proactive measures being taken by the
government making the state one of the best managed states in the country.
Hyderabad city has a cosmopolitan population of approx. 10 million which will
probably double when the corporates start and enhance the operations in the
city. Even the 158 Km 8 lane ORR with the established radial road network will
house the proposed Transit oriented growth corridors, needing to be developed
as self-sustained townships.
This workshop has raised some pertinent issues and
brought to light invaluable experiences of the town planners from other metros
to be kept in mind while we work at integrating and preparing a comprehensive
revised master plan for Hyderabad. We thank the delegates for sparing their
time and sharing the valuable inputs.”
About Institute of Town Planners India:
The institute of Town Planners, India was
established in 1951 with the objective to provide a formal structure and
advance the study of town planning, civic design and kindered subjects.
The
Institute promotes planned economic, scientific and artistic development of
towns, cities and rural areas. It sets the guidelines for the practice of town
planning and conducts various seminars, conferences and meetings to exchange
views on matters relating to town and country planning.
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