New Delhi: The overall area of ​​the National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to be reduced by one third – from 55,144 SQ currently up to 37,115 sq km – because four member countries are on the board for “compact development”.
But these fresh steps, mainly driven by Haryana, have begun debate about whether NCR planning and development in the past few decades have fulfilled the purpose of decentralization of planned development outside Delhi.
Source said four states – Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan – have agreed that a new NCR delineation must be based on three parameters: The area adjacent in a 100 km radius from Rajghat must be part of the NCR with also 50% or more in the area this radius; Also, outside this 100km radius and to the current NCR limits, all cities and cities are told along with corridors 1 km on both sides of the toll road, NHS, state highways and fast rail networks to come must be treated as part of NCR.
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Apart from this, no more districts will be added to the region.
Officials said the past demands to include more districts in NCR were more for “political” reasons than with views on their voice planning and construction.
Official documents show that the main objective of the development of NCR as a planned area is Delhi Dekongest.
“The need for decentralization planned to outside Delhi regions and even outside the capital was felt back in 1956 when the General Plan while Delhi was conceptualized.
The first master plan Delhi also emphasized the need for regional planning for this,” said a city planner, who has been associated with a regional plan.
So far, two regional plans have been notified and one third (Rp-2041) are under preparation.
Considering that one of the main factors for Delhi’s population increase in the early years after independence was the concentration of the Central Government and PSU office in the capital, there was a focus on the regional plan to create conditions for office shifts from Delhi or opened new offices outside the capital.
Officials admit that there are diverse results.
While almost no government office has shifted from Delhi, there have been a large increase in the company’s office in the suburbs, such as Noida and Gurgaon, in recent years.
The urge to bring more government offices in the heart of Delhi was also criticized in the last two years since the central government launched the plan to rebuild Vista central to bring all their allied ministries and offices along Rajpath.
“Can Delhi overcome the population increase because mass migration has NCR has not been planned and developed? The study of the region population conducted in the past shows how more populations in side by side compared to Delhi.
Between 2004 and 2005 and 2015 and 2016, has been There is a phenomenal increase in the number of housing units, private schools, hospitals and industry plantations in NCR cities, “said a government official Haryana who had dealt with regional planning issues.
However, some other urban planners mark that achievements have so far much shorter than what is considered.
“The focus should be more on encouraging economic activities, creating high-speed transportation networks so that people who live in far cities (say, 100-150km from Delhi) can go quickly to work.
Even now, when countries want it.
Exclude some of their districts from NCR, they look more interested in getting rid of regulations rather than going for planned development, “showing urban planners who don’t want to be named.
Even government officials acknowledged that the inclusion of more fields in NCR resulted in more restrictions and regulations, which now have an impact on the interests of member countries.
“For example, a more stringent norm to regulate old vehicles now for the entire NCR.
States need to ensure that the development plan and the city’s master plans fall in this region parallel to regional plans because different trials have upheld these provisions.
The provisions of the restriction for each Non-forest activities in areas fall under the conservation zone in accordance with regional plans have become a problem of confrontation between the NCR and American planning council.
So, now there is a feeling that they lose more than their authority in the area falling in the NCR, “said an official.