Nagpur Municipal Corporation begins getting development projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission-II

NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has started the process of getting projects for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission-II. Already completing the city's survey report prepared for CBUD by Crisil, the civic body conducted a two-day workshop.
It will be second City Development Plan (CDP) and is to be submitted to the central government under its capacity building for urban development project (CBUD).The Centre will then submit it to World Bank for approval of projects for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) or other schemes, said CBUD coordinator for NMC S Hastak.
The civic body organized a two-day workshop on "Revised City Development Plan for Nagpur," for stake holders to discuss effective implementation of CBUD which covered various core areas like urban infrastructure services; urban planning and urban poor; municipal finance, governance and local economy; and heritage and urban environment. The said project has been initiated by the ministry of urban development, government of India.
Project consultant CRISIL has already conducted survey of corporation limits and implementation of development plan for Nagpur City 235 sq km. In its DPR, the CRISIL has specifically mentioned violation of FSI, building permission norms, presence of multiple planning authorities, conflicts in implementation of Development plan as per applicable Acts MRTP Act, 1947 and Gunthewari Act, 2001.
As per the DPR of Crisil, economic and industrial growth of the city, which is centrally located in the country has witnessed at snail's pace. Despite having 722 units operational in Butibori MIDC and 1266 units in Hingna MIDC, the industries in surround areas of Nagpur has generated only 1.40 lakh persons. The DPR of Crisil stressed the need for investor-friendly policy.
To a query, Hastak said that the NMC is yet to prepare the final City Development Plan and said that the two-day workshop was part of it. He, however, clarified that suggestions and objections from taxpayers will be invited before preparation of final CDP draft. Apart from representatives of NGOs, JNNURM's urban monitoring and evaluation specialist Dinesh Harode too attended the workshop.
Kaustav Chatterjee of Green Vigil, who was invited in short-notice to attend Saturday's session, submitted some good suggestions to the civic body during the presentation on conservation of heritage structures and environment.
Discussing water pollution, Chatterjee stressed the need for including steps required for saving Nag and Pili rivers. He also advised participation of corporate in Nag river by decentralizing sewage treatment facilities by selling sewage to industries, who can install a small sewage treatment plant. "Industry can reuse the treated sewage for gardening, cooling water make up, toilet flushing and other non process uses," Chatterjee suggested.
He also advised rejuvenation of city lakes by restricting immersion or idols, imparting tax on height of idols and restricting open defecation.
Participants also pointed out that the city development plan also need to address the issue of new thermal power plants being sanctioned and stressed the need for preparing blue print of generating power from solid waste in near future.
Crisil SWOT analysis
1. STRENGTH
* Centrally located-large catchment spread in all directions
* Rich mineral resource base
* Well connected to all major cities through road, rail and air networks
* Excellent medical and educational facilities
* Clean and green image of the city
2. OPPORTUNITIES
* Low-cost high-skill labour is available for development of services and knowledge based industries
* Location allows for development of a distribution hub
* Enough space available in city to develop IT parks, health city
3. WEAKNESS
* Landlocked cities -Industries needing sea transport not feasible
* Has a low profile and image
* Inadequate city infrastructure, amenities
* Lack of employment opportunities for the large educated young population
4. THREAT
* Delay in implementation of MIHAN project may decelerate expected economic growth
* Deteriorating power situation may discourage rapid economic development