The Hindu July 19,2011
The Draft Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Plan covering an area of 5,965 sq. km including the areas newly added to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region has been notified and placed for objections and suggestions.
The Draft Plan taken up by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) includes the extended area of the HMDA (5,018 sq.km), Outer Ring Road Growth Corridor (330 sq.km), parts outside ORR of erstwhile HUDA (432 sq.km) and erstwhile Hyderabad Airport Development Authority (185 sq.km).
It covers 35 mandals in the four districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda and Mahabubnagar and has been planned for a time period up to 2,031 taking into consideration a population of about 184 lakhs, work force of 65 lakhs and also the present trends of developments, the ORR, radial roads and proposed urban nodes and urban centres.
According to the HMDA, the initiative looked at promoting balanced development in the Metropolitan Region with a peri-urban zone all along the urban area, hierarchy of circulation network to cater the present and future travel needs.
The draft together with the Draft Development Promotion regulations has been placed for public objections and suggestions for a period of two months from July 22 to September 21.
This can inspected at the HMDA office at Tarnaka and its zonal offices at Ghatkesar, Medchal, Shamshabad and Shankarpally apart from Sangareddy Municipal office. It would be available on the HMDA website ‘www.hmda.gov.in' from July 22.
A soft copy in 1:1,00,000 scale along with other relevant reports would also be available at Rs.100 at the HMDA Tarnaka office, its four zonal offices and the Municipalities of Sangareddy and Bhongir. After considering all objections and suggestions, the plan would be finalised and forwarded to the government for final approval, the HMDA informed.
Metropolitan Region
The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) which was constituted for an area of 1,692 sq. km in the year 1975 got its jurisdiction extended in the year 2007 with addition of 635 villages covering parts of the districts of Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar. Later, the HMDA was constituted in the year 2008 and the authorities such as HUDA, Hyderabad Airport Development Authority and Cyberabad Development Authority were dissolved. The HMDA jurisdiction spread over 7,228 sq. km extends to 55 mandals in the five districts of Hyderabad (all 16 mandals), parts of Medak (10), Rangareddy (22), Mahabubnagar (2) and Nalgonda (5).
Now, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region extends to Toopran on north along the NH-7, Bhongir on the east along the NH-202, Chotuppal on south-east along NH-9, Yacharam on south along the Nagarjunasagar State Highway and Kandukur along the Srisailam State Highway, Shadnagar on south-west along the NH-7, Chevella and Aloor along the Vikarabad State Highway and Sangareddy on the west along the NH-9.
It includes Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Sangareddy and Bhongir Municipalities and 849 Revenue villages.
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