Shimla: To transfer the burden of urbanization from Shimla, the City of Magnet Counter near the airport has been proposed in the ‘2041’ development plan, to accommodate around one population of the Lakh’s future.
Satellite cities in Ghandal, Naldhera, Fagu and Chamiyana to accommodate 5,000-10,000 have also been proposed.
In a transit oriented development proposal from the bypass road and its integration with existing and new developments – city magnet counters and satellite cities – also on the card.
The design of the development plan is intended for the Shimla planning area, including Shimla Municipal Corporation, the authority of the development of Kufri, Shoghi, Ghanahti and additional planning areas.
The Minister of Development Urban Suresh Bhardwaj on Tuesday launched the Shimla development plan draft here.
He said that the development plan was being prepared after 40 years and a historical development.
“This will help in the planned developments, in addition to dealing with various problems,” he added.
The city will have a GIS-based development plan, the Minister said, adding that department officials and experts have held detailed deliberations from the main proposal before finalizing the draft.
The plan also talks about the integration of ropeways and fast transportation systems to reduce the traffic on the road.
It also has a proposal for multimodal hubs, tunnels, multilevel parking and increasing intersections throughout the city.
In addition, increased special shipping mobility; Heritage Walks In Core Area, Agro-Based Tourism, Ecotourism, Walking Forest Tourism Walking and Heaven Bridge has been proposed.
In the proposed plan, the use of housing land has been changed from 5.51% of the total planning area to 12.15%.
From the developed area, the residential area has increased from 56.44% to 63.25%.
Stating that commercial development is the main factor for serving strong urban development, the plan proposed regions based on commercial use has increased from 0.41% to 0.53%.
In addition, the use of commercial land has been provided in the form of mixed land use, along with the main road, which has increased from 3.99% to 9.36%.
Industrial use has increased from 0.15 km square to 0.24 square kilometers.
which is 0.51% of the total proposed area.
Areas under public and semi-public use have increased from 1.15% to 1.39%, based on the identification of available government land.
The area proposed under transportation and communication was 4.81% had been increased to 6.27% through the creation of a broad interwoven road network.