The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Wednesday announced four new town planning (TP) schemes covering 969 acres. Government officials stated that the TP scheme, named Samrudha Sahar, is a strategic initiative aimed at promoting planned urbanization and accelerating economic development across the state through comprehensive urban and regional planning.
Details of the Schemes
Under this initiative, the BDA will develop TP schemes in the following areas:
- Patrapada mouza over 330.07 acres
- Bhagabanpur mouza over 264.33 acres
- Bijipur, Bhagabanpur, Baliapada, and Kasipur mouzas over 290.67 acres
- Part of Bijipur mouza over 83.68 acres
Collectively, these four schemes cover 969 acres, BDA officials confirmed.
Objectives and Benefits
“The scheme’s objective is to transform the city into dynamic growth centers by fostering sustainable and inclusive development. Also, it will facilitate urban infrastructure development through the integrated provision of essential infrastructure, amenities, and services, thereby ensuring comprehensive and sustainable urban growth,” the BDA officials added.
Under the town planning scheme, landowners contribute up to 40% of their land towards the creation of public infrastructure such as roads and drainage systems, while the remaining 60% of the land is returned to them as developed and serviced plots. “This innovative land pooling and reconstitution mechanism enables the creation of modern urban infrastructure,” the officials added.
Ensuring Orderly Growth
Officials said the TP schemes aim to ensure orderly urban growth through the provision of roads, drainage, water supply, sewerage, electricity networks, public utilities, open spaces, and social infrastructure, while ensuring equitable distribution of development benefits among landowners through land reconstitution and allotment of town planning plots.
It is a participatory and equitable model of urban development. Earlier, the BDA had implemented TP schemes in Sahajpur, Naragoda, Sijiput, Paikarapur, Tamando, Bijipur, Nugaon, and Shyamsundarpur, covering 1,577 acres.
