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LAND USE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT SELECTION OF DEMONSTRATION AREAS A proposal to The Government of Tamil Nadu Prepared by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered offices at Bonn and Eschborn, Germany B-5/2 Safdarjung Enclave New Delhi 110029 T: +91 11 49495353 F: +91 11 49495391 W: www.giz.de/india Responsible: Mr. Georg Jahnsen, Project Director Integrated Land Use Planning and Management Project (ILUPM) Indo-German Environment Partnership for Urban and Industrial Development Author: Mr. Shriman Narayan (Technical Expert, ILUPM), Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development Photo credits: Government of Tamil Nadu (official portal) ILUPM Project Team, Sustainable Urban and Industrial Development New Delhi, January 2017 Proposal for Selection of Project Demonstration Areas in Tamil Nadu Table of Contents 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2. BROAD OUTPUTS/ PROJECT DELIVERABLES ............................................................................................................ 1 1.3. PROJECT DURATION........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4. PROJECT STATUS FOR PARTNER STATE TAMIL NADU ................................................................................................ 2 1.5. CONTEXT FOR THE TAMIL NADU PROJECT DEMONSTRATION AREAS PROPOSAL ............................................................. 2 2. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF DEMONSTRATION DISTRICT IN TAMIL NADU ................................................... 4 3. SHORTLISTING OF DEMONSTRATION AREAS IN TAMIL NADU ....................................................................... 6 3.1. PROJECT SCOPE CONSTRAINTS ............................................................................................................................. 6 3.2. SHORTLISTING OF DISTRICTS ................................................................................................................................ 6 3.3. PROJECT PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR SHORTLISTED DEMONSTRATION AREAS ....................................................... 7 3.3.1. CHENNAI METROPOLITAN AREA (CMA) ................................................................................................................ 8 3.3.2. MADURAI TUTICORIN CORRIDOR (MTIC) ............................................................................................................ 11 3.3.3. NILGIRIS-COIMABATORE-TIRUPPUR DISTRICTS ...................................................................................................... 15 3.3.4. ERODE-SALEM-NAMAKKAL DISTRICTS ................................................................................................................. 19 4. EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM THE REPORT .................................................................................................. 22 4.1. FINALIZATION OF ONE DEMONSTRATION ZONE ..................................................................................................... 22 4.2. SELECTION OF SECOND DEMONSTRATION ZONE (DEMONSTRATION PROJECT B) .......................................................... 22 5. ANNEXURE I: DISTRICT ANALYSIS TABLE/ MATRIX ...................................................................................... 23 i | P a g e Proposal for Selection of Project Demonstration Areas in Tamil Nadu ii | P a g e Proposal for Selection of Project Demonstration Areas in Tamil Nadu 1. Project Background The Department of Land Resources (DoLR), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are jointly implementing the ‘Land Use Planning and Management’ Project. With reference to the Implementation Agreement signed between DoLR and GIZ on October 7, 2015, GIZ has agreed to support two states with technical assistance for development of land use policies, planning instruments/tools for integrated spatial land use planning as well as human and organizational capacity development. GIZ in coordination with national partner DoLR, MoRD, have jointly selected two pilot states, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, for implementation of the project. 1.1. Objective of the Project The Project is being implemented in the framework of Indo-German Technical Cooperation with an objective to apply instruments of integrated spatial and land use planning in Indian states. 1.2. Broad Outputs/ Project Deliverables The targeted outputs/ deliverables, to achieve the project objective for Tamil Nadu, are mentioned below: . Output A- Land Use Policies: A Draft Tamil Nadu State Land Use Policy integrating water security, sustainable development, the protection of ecosystem services and resource-efficient land uses. Output B- Planning Toolkit and Application: . B.1.- Preparation of Planning Toolkit . B.2.- Application and testing of Policy using Toolkit in two demonstration areas (one at regional level and one at district level) . Output C- Human Capacity Development (HCD): Education and training programs for integrated spatial and land use planning that focus on regional planning, environmental planning, resource management and 1 | P a g e Proposal for Selection of Project Demonstration Areas in Tamil Nadu procedures for participation. Output D- Organizational and Institutional Development: Concepts of integrated spatial and land use planning institutes pertaining to strengthening professionalism, enhancing advisory and enforcement capacities as well as to political/social awareness generation are discussed in the public (expert meets). 1.3. Project Duration The project will have an overall time horizon of two and half years i.e. from May 2015 to October 2018 (as per validity of the above referred Implementation Agreement). 1.4. Project Status for Partner State Tamil Nadu Subsequent to selection of Tamil Nadu as one of the pilot/ partner state for the project, introductory meetings with the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, were conducted by GIZ. As part of the project planning and scoping phase, a kick-off workshop was organized with key stakeholder/ partner departments i.e. State Planning Department, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Housing & Urban Development Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, during 25th to 28th October 2016. Proceedings of the Workshop in the form of Workshop Report, has been submitted to all the participants for inputs and suggestions. 1.5. Context for the Tamil Nadu Project Demonstration Areas Proposal The idea behind taking up demonstration projects is to apply and test the planning instruments and policies developed as project deliverables. It is proposed that the two demonstration projects in Tamil Nadu would ideally be comprising of one regional plan (macro planning combining a cluster of districts) and one district plan (land use planning at district level). As part of the project scope, GIZ would provide process management and handholding support to identified state department(s) for preparation of the demonstration project plans. 2 | P a g e Proposal for Selection of Project Demonstration Areas in Tamil Nadu Broad scope of the proposed demonstration projects, as mentioned below: . Demonstration Project A (at regional level) – a Spatial and Land Use Plan for a cluster of districts integrating existing plans (State Vision Document/ District Plans/ Annual Plans/ Development Plans) and planning processes at national, state, district level. Demonstration Project B (at district level within area of Demonstration Project A) – a Spatial and Land Use Plan at district level integrating existing local level plans with Demonstration Project A and related planning processes. As one of the major outcomes of the Tamil Nadu Project Planning Workshop, criteria for selection and shortlisting of project demonstration districts within the state (referred as Demonstration Project A), were jointly evolved by state participants and GIZ. The demonstration projects are envisaged as integral to overall project in Tamil Nadu that would not only help visualize success indicators, but also build public confidence and generate awareness for replication in other areas of the state as well as the country. To initiate demonstration projects at the earliest, GIZ hereby submits the detailed proposal to support State Partners in selecting the best feasible areas for demonstration projects. The following sections in this proposal document detail out the criteria and summarize project prospects-constraints of the shortlisted demonstration districts in Tamil Nadu for consideration and finalization by the Government of Tamil Nadu. 3 | P a g e 2. Criteria for Selection of Demonstration District in Tamil Nadu A total of 18 indicators (criteria) capturing district level information on topographic, demographic, socio-economic, and environmental aspects have been considered in Table 1: Table1: Criteria for Shortlisting Demonstration Projects Capturing Criteria Criteria (Indicators-relative Description of Project Intent Aspect No. to state average) Topographic preferred varied topographies to Nature of Topography/ 1 capture different