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The recently formed National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s extremity is to summation the urbanisation complaint of Bihar, which is presently astatine 17%, to the nationalist mean of astir 32%. The absorption is connected attracting further concern and creating much employment opportunities for the State’s youth, according to Bihar Urban Development and Housing Minister Nitin Nabin.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Nabin said arsenic decided nether the Satellite Township Scheme, for the archetypal clip successful 40 years, aft Pataliputra and Kankarbagh, 11 caller cities would beryllium developed. Nine of them would beryllium commissionerates. “Considering the expanding colonisation and requirements of large cities, determination is simply a request for planned, environment-friendly, modern, and theme-based townships,” helium said.
The Minister said the caller cities would beryllium based connected assorted themes, specified arsenic acquisition hubs and IT. “The caller townships volition see 9 divisional office cities, Sonepur and Sitamarhi (Sitapuram). The inaugural volition trim colonisation unit connected large cities, ensuring amended basal infrastructure and scope for further expansion. Special accent volition beryllium laid connected roads, postulation management, drainage, discarded disposal, greenish parks, and residential areas,” helium said.
The 9 divisional office were Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Darbhanga, Munger, Saran, Saharsa and Purnia. “Committees volition beryllium formed to show the townships’ wide development. Under the scheme, the onshore pooling argumentation volition beryllium implemented, which volition besides payment landowners.”
Organised improvement
“While caller townships volition beryllium acceptable up keeping successful presumption each aboriginal requirements to guarantee organised development, it is arsenic important to instrumentality measures for businesslike absorption and sustenance of the existing cities. We are besides formulating policies successful this regard,” Mr. Nabin said. The townships would person a minimum country of 100 hectares (relaxable up to 10 hectares successful peculiar circumstances).
In this regard, the Bihar authorities — nether the enactment of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar — has approved Bihar Town Planning Scheme Rules 2025. It is expected to guarantee a structured onshore pooling framework; and businesslike municipality infrastructure development, mandating allocation of onshore for roads up to 22%; 3% for economically weaker conception (EWS) housing; 5% for parks and societal infrastructure; 55% for redistribution to landowners (or arsenic per strategy requirements); and 15% (or arsenic per strategy requirements) for saleable land.
