Zriakpur, FEBUARY 26
The Punjab government has finally come out with the final master plan for Zirakpur and Dera Bassi towns. Prepared under the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 2006, the land use would be freezed in the local planning areas of the two important towns, located along the Chandigarh-Delhi National Highway 22.
Keeping in mind the potential of the area once the international airport becomes functional, Singapore-based consultants of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) have proposed an aerotropolis or an airport city near the national highway.
It has also been proposed that while providing an integrated multi-modal transport hub, the corridor along national highway would be developed as a major passenger and cargo hub.
Another area being taken was along the Zirakpur-Patiala highway. The demand is mostly from NRIs from Punjab who would prefer Mohali compared to Delhi, as the road travelling time would be reduced.
Though the government had initiated work on the master plans in 2007, the planning of the local planning area of the two peripheral towns has now been finalised. Before notifying the master plans, objections of the general pubic are being sought by the Town and Country Planning Department.
“After Mohali and Mullanpur, the two peripheral towns would also get legal master plans that would be governed by the provisions of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act,” said a GMADA official.
It could, however, not be ascertained whether existing structures that do no confirm to the earmarked planning would be relocated or not. Already a number of haphazard structures have come in the Zirakpur MC limits and the town planning (TP) scheme of the local government has been a centre of controversy, with the Town and Planning Department objecting to the TP scheme.
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