C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The master plan for 32 cities in Tamil Nadu, which have been selected under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), is yet to be prepared due to lack of staff in Directorate of Town and Country Planning department.
As per norms, Centre has asked states to create GIS based land use master plan for all Amrut cities. The 32 cities are part of 500 cities, which the Centre wants to rejuvenate under 10-year programme with an investment of Rs 2 lakh crore.
But the lack of staff in DTCP, the failure to rope in underutilised staff in CMDA and the elections has delayed the preparation of master-plan.
It is learnt that of the 801 posts in DTCP, 344 are still vacant. Some of the posts which are yet to be filled include include top four layers starting from additional director to deputy director administration.
Sources said that there was a plan during then housing secretary Surjit Chaudary’s tenure to transfer excess staff in CMDA to DTCP on a rotation basis. However, the plan could not fructify. Currently, CMDA has excess staff like in Area Development Unit or Metro rail who are under-utilised. They could be utilised to prepare the master plans of Amrut cities.
It is learnt from the Union Ministry of Urban Development that of the 7,935 towns in India, there are only about 2,700 cities that have a statutory land use master plan in existence resulting in unplanned and haphazard development.
A letter from the Union government has asked the state to utilise the administrative fund to procure urban planners on contractual basis. However, sources said that instead of outsourcing the job, it would be better to use the service of CMDA staff who have been under-utilised.
List of 32 AMRUT cities:
Name of cities Population
1. Chennai 86,96,010
2. Coimbatore 21,51,466
3. Madurai 14.62 lakh
4. Tiruchirappalli
5. Tiruppur 9.62 lakh
6. Salem 9.19 lakh
7. Erode 5.21 lakh
8. Tirunelveli 4.98 lakh
9. Vellore 4.81 lakh
10. Thoothkudi 4.10 lakh
11. Dindigul 2.92 lakh
12. Thanjavur 2.90 lakh
13. Ranipet 2.62 lakh
14. Sivakasi 2.34 lakh
15. Karur 2.33 lakh
16. Udhagamandalam 2.33 lakh
17. Hosur 2.29 lakh
18. Nagercoil 2.24 lakh
19. Kancheepuram 2.21 lakh
20. Kumarapalayam 1.94 lakh
21. Karaikkudi 1.81 lakh
22. Neyveli 1.78 lakh
23. Cuddalore 1.73 lakh
24. Kumbakonam 1.67 lakh
25. Tiruvannamalai 1.44 lakh
26. Pollachi 1.35 lakh
27. Rajapalayam 1.30 lakh
28. Guddiyatham 1.24 lakh
29. Puddukottai 1.17 lakh
30. Vaniyambadi 1.16 lakh
31. Ambur 1.13 lakh
32. Nagapatinam 1.02 lakh
Chennai:
The master plan for 32 cities in Tamil Nadu, which have been selected under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), is yet to be prepared due to lack of staff in Directorate of Town and Country Planning department.
As per norms, Centre has asked states to create GIS based land use master plan for all Amrut cities. The 32 cities are part of 500 cities, which the Centre wants to rejuvenate under 10-year programme with an investment of Rs 2 lakh crore.
But the lack of staff in DTCP, the failure to rope in underutilised staff in CMDA and the elections has delayed the preparation of master-plan.
It is learnt that of the 801 posts in DTCP, 344 are still vacant. Some of the posts which are yet to be filled include include top four layers starting from additional director to deputy director administration.
Sources said that there was a plan during then housing secretary Surjit Chaudary’s tenure to transfer excess staff in CMDA to DTCP on a rotation basis. However, the plan could not fructify. Currently, CMDA has excess staff like in Area Development Unit or Metro rail who are under-utilised. They could be utilised to prepare the master plans of Amrut cities.
It is learnt from the Union Ministry of Urban Development that of the 7,935 towns in India, there are only about 2,700 cities that have a statutory land use master plan in existence resulting in unplanned and haphazard development.
A letter from the Union government has asked the state to utilise the administrative fund to procure urban planners on contractual basis. However, sources said that instead of outsourcing the job, it would be better to use the service of CMDA staff who have been under-utilised.
List of 32 AMRUT cities:
Name of cities Population
1. Chennai 86,96,010
2. Coimbatore 21,51,466
3. Madurai 14.62 lakh
4. Tiruchirappalli
5. Tiruppur 9.62 lakh
6. Salem 9.19 lakh
7. Erode 5.21 lakh
8. Tirunelveli 4.98 lakh
9. Vellore 4.81 lakh
10. Thoothkudi 4.10 lakh
11. Dindigul 2.92 lakh
12. Thanjavur 2.90 lakh
13. Ranipet 2.62 lakh
14. Sivakasi 2.34 lakh
15. Karur 2.33 lakh
16. Udhagamandalam 2.33 lakh
17. Hosur 2.29 lakh
18. Nagercoil 2.24 lakh
19. Kancheepuram 2.21 lakh
20. Kumarapalayam 1.94 lakh
21. Karaikkudi 1.81 lakh
22. Neyveli 1.78 lakh
23. Cuddalore 1.73 lakh
24. Kumbakonam 1.67 lakh
25. Tiruvannamalai 1.44 lakh
26. Pollachi 1.35 lakh
27. Rajapalayam 1.30 lakh
28. Guddiyatham 1.24 lakh
29. Puddukottai 1.17 lakh
30. Vaniyambadi 1.16 lakh
31. Ambur 1.13 lakh
32. Nagapatinam 1.02 lakh
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