C Shivakumar @ CHENNAI:
Tamil Nadu government is drafting a new land use policy as land use pattern in Tamil Nadu has undergone tremendous transformation over the past few decades due to the impact of urbanization and industrialization. This comes after the draft Land Use Policy 2004 which had a time horizon of 15 years lapsed.
Sources said the state has lost 1617 thousand hectares of net sown area during the last four-and-half decades. According to a recent study on “Land use pattern and future changes in climate over Tamil Nadu till 2050 and its impact on selected crops” funded by the State Planning Commission through the Tamil Nadu State Land Use Research Board, has stated that proportion of net sown area to total geographical area has declined from 48 per cent to 36 per cent.
The study also highlights increase in land put to non-agricultural uses from 1501.6 thousand hectares in 1971 to 2200 thousand hectares in 2015-16 showing the trend of lands moving away from agriculture.
Sources said that the state intends to set in place a new land use policy to address new problems in the changed economic structure and environmental exigencies. The objective is to prevent further deterioration of land resource by appropriate preventive measures and restoring the productivity of the degraded land by sustainable practice.
In Tamil Nadu. the per capita availability of land is only 0.18 hectare area while the per capita net sown area is only 0.07 hectare area. The disasters in the past decade has necessitated enhanced use of spatial land use planning as a tool for guided development as compared to ad-hoc allocation of land for various development projects. It is expected that this would lead to better consideration of socio-enviro-economic aspects leading to better economic returns, social cohesion, social justice and environmental balance
The new policy aims to provide a strategic framework to conserve the land resources and accommodate development patterns that are inclusive and offer integration of environmental, economic, social development initiatives at all levels of governance leading to growth and development, sources said.
Sources said that unnecessary pooling of land into land bank will be avoided and all land banks will be directly linked to development zones. However, new land banks will not be created with the sole perspective of creating a Development Zone.
While converting land to industrial corridors and estates suitable attention be paid to the existing natural ecosystem and resources so that fragile ecosystems are not put under further pressure. The industries will be made responsible to maintain the health of the already existing natural
ecosystems like lake, pond, hill, sacred groves and even the natural trees present within the premises under the new policy.
The basic objective will be to promote industrialization with minimum land use conflicts. Industries where common treatment plants are required shall be made operational to reduce the pollution of water sources and industries that draw water shall also be required to set up recharge structures for sustainable water resources, sources added.
Tamil Nadu government is drafting a new land use policy as land use pattern in Tamil Nadu has undergone tremendous transformation over the past few decades due to the impact of urbanization and industrialization. This comes after the draft Land Use Policy 2004 which had a time horizon of 15 years lapsed.
Sources said the state has lost 1617 thousand hectares of net sown area during the last four-and-half decades. According to a recent study on “Land use pattern and future changes in climate over Tamil Nadu till 2050 and its impact on selected crops” funded by the State Planning Commission through the Tamil Nadu State Land Use Research Board, has stated that proportion of net sown area to total geographical area has declined from 48 per cent to 36 per cent.
The study also highlights increase in land put to non-agricultural uses from 1501.6 thousand hectares in 1971 to 2200 thousand hectares in 2015-16 showing the trend of lands moving away from agriculture.
Sources said that the state intends to set in place a new land use policy to address new problems in the changed economic structure and environmental exigencies. The objective is to prevent further deterioration of land resource by appropriate preventive measures and restoring the productivity of the degraded land by sustainable practice.
In Tamil Nadu. the per capita availability of land is only 0.18 hectare area while the per capita net sown area is only 0.07 hectare area. The disasters in the past decade has necessitated enhanced use of spatial land use planning as a tool for guided development as compared to ad-hoc allocation of land for various development projects. It is expected that this would lead to better consideration of socio-enviro-economic aspects leading to better economic returns, social cohesion, social justice and environmental balance
The new policy aims to provide a strategic framework to conserve the land resources and accommodate development patterns that are inclusive and offer integration of environmental, economic, social development initiatives at all levels of governance leading to growth and development, sources said.
Sources said that unnecessary pooling of land into land bank will be avoided and all land banks will be directly linked to development zones. However, new land banks will not be created with the sole perspective of creating a Development Zone.
While converting land to industrial corridors and estates suitable attention be paid to the existing natural ecosystem and resources so that fragile ecosystems are not put under further pressure. The industries will be made responsible to maintain the health of the already existing natural
ecosystems like lake, pond, hill, sacred groves and even the natural trees present within the premises under the new policy.
The basic objective will be to promote industrialization with minimum land use conflicts. Industries where common treatment plants are required shall be made operational to reduce the pollution of water sources and industries that draw water shall also be required to set up recharge structures for sustainable water resources, sources added.
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