Master Plan for Planning Area Development Strategy 3

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

3.1 NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF MASTER PLAN 3

3.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES 3

3.3 APPROACH 4

3.4 DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT 6

3.5 LINKAGES & CONNECTIVITY 10

3.6 POPULATION FORECAST 10

3.7 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION 11

3.8 WORKFORCE PROJECTION 12

3.9 STRENGTHENING ECONOMY 12

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

3.1 NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF MASTER PLAN

3.1.1 The need of the hour for Port Blair Town is to control haphazard developments, reduce traffic congestion and prevent incompatible land use without disturbing the ecological footprint and encouraging the growth in an orderly and sustainable manner. This can be done only when a statutory instrument like Master Plan is prepared. As per the ‘Andaman & Nicobar Islands Town and Country Planning Regulation, 1994’ no development of land shall be undertaken or carried out in any development area by any person or body (including a department of Government or the Administration) unless permission for such development has been obtained in writing from the Town Planner.

3.1.2 Master Plan judiciously allocates lands for various purposes such as residential, industrial, commercial, recreation, public and semi-public etc., on the basis of an assessment of the space requirements for different activities in the coming years. It also proposes macro level networks of roads, street pattern, and traffic circulation by taking into account, the present and the future requirements. The plan also identifies areas required for preservation, conservation and development of areas of historic, architectural, ecological interest and educational value taking into account of the environment. The Master Plan also forms the basis for all concerned infrastructure building agencies of the Union Territory and the local governments including the Port Blair Municipal Council in formulation of their future programmes and projects. Development Regulations incorporated as part of the Master Plan serve as a tool for realizing the plan objectives. Violations of the provisions of development regulations are like the violation of any other law.

3.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES

3.2.1 This Master Plan is aimed to develop Port Blair and its environs into a progressively self- sustaining community, with socio-economic development and enhancement in quality life keeping in view of its ecologically fragile environment. In order to achieve the said aim, the Master Plan identifies the following objectives for realization.

• To regulate new physical entities and activities in an orderly manner

• To promote a self-reliant and inclusive development

• To achieve balanced economic progress through optimal use of resources

• To encourage orderly spatial development in tune with the ecological footprint and carrying capacity of the islands.

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy 3.3 APPROACH

3.3.1 Evolving a development concept is an important stage in the preparation of Master Plan as it guides the formulation of required development policies and strategies for the future. The development concept is the result of synthesized understanding of the strengths; weakness, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the settlement and the people. An understanding of the past and present development scenario, and the relevant issues and prospects serve as the basis for preparation of the SWOT analysis.

The strength and opportunities of Port Blair and its environs include:

• Large endowment of untapped resources like Tourism, Fishing and Forestry • Opportunity for mobilization of financial resources required for development works • High literacy rate and high per capita income • Potential for medicinal plants, spices, coconut and flora of ethnic communities.

The weakness and threats are summarized as below.

• Absence of self-sustaining economy • Inadequate quality infrastructure • Imbalance in growth and concentration of development • Limited carrying capacity of the town • Vulnerability to disasters like Tsunami, Earthquake and High tides

3.3.2 A detailed examination of development issues and prospects reveal that Port Blair Municipal Area cannot be delinked from the adjoining villages. The strength and opportunities are not confined to Port Blair Town alone and so are the weakness and threats. Therefore the development concept should address possible impacts the developments would have over the adjoining settlements of Port Blair. It is imperative to demarcate a spatial entity beyond the Port Blair municipal limits and in this regard the delineation of a planning area becomes the first stage in evolution of development concept.

3.3.3. “Delineation of Planning Area” is a spatial planning exercise to identify an area beyond the Town, including more settlements on the basis of the trends in existing developments and the potential for growth. Delineation has been meticulously planned after analyzing the settlements under various dimensions. The settlements adjoining Port Blair in South Andaman have been analyzed on the basis of five important dimensions namely, Physical, Demography, Economy, Transportation & Communication and Social Infrastructural Facilities on a scientific and rational basis. Under each dimension mentioned above, certain parameters were identified and given scores which reflect the status, strength and potential of the respective dimension.

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy Table No: 3.3.3 List of Revenue Villages in Port Blair Planning Area

SL. POPULATION VILLAGE AREA (Hec.) NO. 2001 2010 1 Badmas Pahar 98.46 326 780 2 Bamboo Flat 357.27 6787 8399 3 Beadonabad 616.25 966 850 4 Bimblitan 1997.83 2254 2787 5 Brichgunj 431.34 3540 1368* 6 Brookshabad 414.66 241 0 7 Calicut 421.50 1890 4139 8 Chouldari 1054.87 2146 2492 9 Craikabad 39.49 220 159 10 Dhanikhari 354.13 586 679 11 Dollygunj 172.87 1819 3445 12 Dundas Point 167.26 566 608 13 585.91 9427 15714* 14 Govindapuram 109.03 492 577 15 Hasmatabad 248.25 463 728 16 Homfreygunj 183.38 396 510 17 716.54 2151 2994 18 Maymyo 309.67 223 714 19 Mittakhari 805.08 1109 1315 20 Muslim Basti 298.09 300 314 21 Namunaghar 1311.83 1730 2042 22 Ograbraj 373.87 1157 1480 23 Pahargaon 172.90 3245 4191 24 Prothrapur 463.36 6509 9409* 25 Shore Point 62.23 2962 3306 26 Sippighat 381.37 1038 1756 27 Stewartgunj 83.14 1070 1281 28 Teylerabad 413.05 1284 1524 29 262.27 1190 1345 30 50.00 4 0 31 Wandoor 707.87 1511 1657 32 Wimberlygunj 184.35 3707 4057 33 Minnie Bay (part) 80.60 0 0 34 Austinabad (part) 61.13 00 Port Blair 1774.00 99984 106138* Total 15763.85 161293 186758 *excluding Defence Population, as published in the National Population Register 2010 Source: Census of Port Blair, 2001 Primary Census Abstract, Census of 2001 Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Village Directory 1991-92.

The settlements were rated on the basis of cumulative scores they obtained under each dimension. On the basis of these scores, a land area extending over 34 revenue / part villages along with Port Blair was delineated as ‘Port Blair Planning Area. The details of population (2010) and the area of the revenue villages are presented in Table 3.3.3. 5

Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy 3.3.4 Development strategies evolved in any Master Plan have a bearing on the manner in which the land is put to use and thus land use zoning becomes an important component of the Master Plan. In order to arrive at a development concept, it is essential to study the pattern in which the land is put to use at present in the planning area. The land use detail of the Port Blair Planning Area is presented in Table 3.3.4 and also shown in Map No. 7.

The land use policy has a direct bearing on the objectives of the Master Plan, and any economic development programme get manifested in physical planning exercise. Therefore the development concept has to first address the issues of strengthening the economy.

Table No: 3.3.4 Land Use Distribution: 2010 - Port Blair Planning Area

LAND USE AREA (HA.) AREA (%)

Residential 1670.16 10.60 Commercial 76.80 0.49 Industrial 284.45 1.80 Public and Semi Public 440.61 2.80 Transport & Communication 185.76 1.18 Recreational 53.62 0.34 Agricultural 4803.62 30.47 Defence 1097.71 6.96 Reserved Forest 4592.09 29.13 Other Forest 527.33 3.35 Water Bodies 179.87 1.14 Mangroves 5.41 0.03 Roads 416.42 2.64 Vacant 570.57 3.62 Submerged Land 859.43 5.45 Total 15763.85 100.00

3.4 DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT

3.4.1 As a focal point to the Island, the Town of Port Blair has grown intensively over the years and engages manifold functions and activities because of which the Town experiences a relatively high density and the development spread over the municipal area in an unplanned and sporadic manner. The UDPFI guidelines suggest a range of 60–90 PPH as gross density for developed areas of hill towns. The gross density of Port Blair as on 2010 is 60 PPH and it is expected to reach a maximum of 132 PPH in the next 20 years. As this density is much above the desirable standards, it is necessary to develop additional areas outside Port Blair, since there are constraints for bringing in additional lands for residential development within Port Blair. It is observed from the land use distribution for Port Blair under Table 1.12.3, that 34% of the land comes under Defence, Roads and Transport & Communication establishments including Airport. As per the slope analysis, another 20% of the terrain is not suitable for urban development. Thus, the land available for development and densification within Port Blair is much restricted. 6

Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy Therefore different activities which are currently in operation at Port Blair, needs to be regulated and decentralized elsewhere within the Planning Area. However taking note of the unique characteristics of the surrounding region of Port Blair and the constraints in terms of land form and linkages, it is desirable that the future developments are accommodated in various nodes as described below and shown in Figure 3.4.1.

Figure No. 3.4.1 Proposed Development Nodes in Port Blair Planning Area

3.4.2 Residential Node: Currently due to the centrifugal force arising out of high residential density at Port Blair, it is observed that Bamboo Flat and Garacharma are emerging as residential nodes due to their proximity to Port Blair and the linkage. Within the plan period, due to the developments contemplated in the Master Plan, residential requirements at the western side of Port Blair also need to be provided to have an equitable growth all over the planning area. Therefore, it is decided to have one more residential node at Tushnabad.

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy

The clusters of villages forming under each of the residential nodes are as follows:

Residential Node Villages forming part of the Node Bamboo Flat Wimberlygunj, Stewartgunj, Govindapuram, Bamboo flat, and Shore Point

Garacharma Prothrapur, Garacharma, and Teylerabad Tushnabad Namunaghar, Muslim Basti, Ograbraj, and Tushnabad

Port Blair Town can no longer accommodate the additional infrastructure in higher education sector due to severe land constraints. However, for the development of the society and to serve the needs of the population of the entire Islands’ higher educational facilities need to be established in the planning area. There is certain level of educational facilities already established at Dollygunj, which are to be further strengthened in addition to creation of new facilities in other places. Higher education in the fields of engineering and medicine is required to be strengthened and other specialized higher learning & research institutions are required to be established in these Islands to boost the human resource availability for development. As the development is bound to grow beyond the planning area, these facilities may be established in the outer areas like Ograbraj for facilitating spatially balanced development.

3.4.3 Administrative Node: More than 50% of the Government offices are located at Port Blair and its environs to carry out the administrative function of the Islands. One of the factors for the high percentage of land under public and semi public use in Port Blair is the presence of number of Government offices and auxiliary services. Many of the Government offices and staff quarters at Port Blair are to be replaced as they have outlived the designed life span. It is also gathered from the Five Year Plan proposals that the various sectors and departments of the government have contemplated land and building extension programs, to meet their future requirements. Since land availability is a crucial factor, it is desirable that such functions can be relocated in the new administrative node paving way for decongestion of Port Blair. It is felt that all the new offices and quarters can be constructed at the new administrative node proposed at Manglutan. In the event of this Union Territory being declared as a State, the administrative node at Manglutan can accommodate the Secretariat and Assembly Complex taking advantage of its location. The proposed Administrative Node comprises of the villages, namely, i) Homfreygunj and ii) Manglutan. The node identified enjoys the scenic beauty due to the elevated land commanding a spectacular view of the sea. Also, the location of the node offers scope for expansion of the node, taking lands under rubber plantation on expiry of lease in the adjoining Guptapara village.

3.4.4 Commercial Node: Port Blair serves as the gateway to the Island for the distribution of goods it receives from the Main land and from the Inter Island. At present most of the commercial activities are concentrated within Port Blair and the Town is already experiencing severe land constraints. Considering the future developments envisaged, more particularly the 8

Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy promotion of tourism as an economic generation activity the commercial activities that complement tourism need to be given thrust. Port Blair can be developed as a commercial node taking advantage of the additional spaces made available due to decentralization process. To have a balanced development of commercial activities Mittakhari on the west of Port Blair is also proposed as an additional commercial node.

3.4.5 Transportation Node: The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are connected to the main land by sea and air. While, both the forms of connectivity are essential for development and growth of the Islands, the air transport assumes greater significance in terms of tourist attraction and economy. Though, the existing airport at Port Blair has been upgraded as an International Terminal, it may be difficult to operate international carriers in the long run as it has only uni- directional runway and gets inundated during heavy rains. The present airport is also constrained for expansion as it is located in the valley surrounded by hills. As the tourist arrival to Andaman and Nicobar Islands is steadily increasing over the years it may become necessary to establish new airport to handle increased volume of tourists with required safety provisions and facilities to operate bigger aircrafts. The terrain and the connectivity support parts of Calicut, Bimblitan, Teylerabad and Beadonabad villages for developing a new airport in case of its requirement in the future. Hence, these villages have been identified as part of Transportation Node. The development strategy proposes to identify lands at these villages and reserve the same for future development which can be utilized for construction of airport or establishment of any other facility for the benefit of public and the tourists.

3.4.6 Tourists Node: Though, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands offer excellent scope for promotion of tourism in many places, large number of tourists confines their visit only to Port Blair. Promotion of tourism in the surrounding region of Port Blair is required taking advantage of its locational characteristics. Flat Bay, by virtue of its location and proximity to Port Blair can concentrate on developing adventure sports like scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, and boating. The villages Craikabad, Chouldari and Badmas Pahar can provide the necessary support facilities for the tourists visiting Flat Bay. Dhanikhari and Sippighat are the two settlements to focus on creation of bio-reserve parks and Wandoor has the potential to promote eco-tourism activities. One of the identified villages around Flat Bay is the Viper Island. Presence of the gallows and the jail where the women convicts were imprisoned during the freedom movement adds to its advantage in developing it as a tourist spot. This Island is proposed to be developed as a high value tourist destination with attractive kind of recreation facilities, eco resorts and yachting marina. In addition to Port Blair and its surroundings, tourism is also proposed to be developed in a significant manner in places like Havelock and Neil Islands. All these measures can be expected to increase the tourists’ population at Port Blair considerably in the coming years as it is the only port of entry for tourists from mainland. Hence, it is necessary to create adequate tourist facilities like star hotels, cottages, resorts and camping sites at the identified villages in the planning area.

3.4.7 Industrial Node: Fishing has been identified as one of the key sectors for the economic development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. To give boost to fishing, it is necessary to 9

Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy create infrastructure like cold storages, fish processing units etc. The existing Industrial Estate at Dollygunj could be strengthened with these facilities as these facilities could be accessible for the fish catch from the Junglighat Fishing Harbour. Also the nearness of the proposed Regional Market at Prothrapur will help in better utilization of the facilities in the Industrial Estate.

3.5 LINKAGES & CONNECTIVITY

3.5.1 Good transport system is one of the key determinants of economic development. Increase in population, changes in economic activity, life style, and other demographic and social developments in ANI have resulted in an increase in number of vehicles and also the number of trips. The transport connectivity is well established within Port Blair Municipal Area. For the other areas within the planning limits, connectivity is through Andaman Trunk Road and the village roads. Due to the terrain and other aspects, travelling is tedious and it takes more than two hours to reach from the farthest point in Planning Area to Port Blair Town. Among the other settlements in the planning area, Bamboo flat in the north and Garacharma in the south are more developed due to their proximity and accessibility, whereas the other settlements could not develop due to lack of proper road network and road conditions defined by the terrain.

3.5.2 Therefore to have an all-round development within the delineated planning area, it is necessary to develop a ‘Circular Marine Drive’ starting from Port Blair Harbour to Dundas Point connecting all tourism spots extending till North Bay via Bamboo Flat. The proposed marine drive will also facilitate better connectivity to Tushnabad, Chouldari, Wandoor, Manglutan and Calicut through radial links within the planning area.

3.6 POPULATION FORECAST

3.6.1 The physical strategies for the Master Plan need to be conceived over time and space, which requires estimation of population for the plan period and the subsequent need for space for the key functions. The Master Plan Period is set as 2030 and the estimated population for the plan period is arrived on the basis of the past growth trends, current status of development and the expected consequences of the planned initiatives for the future.

3.6.2 The emancipation efforts to relieve the image of penal settlement on Port Blair and the thrust on developing Port Blair and the environs as human settlements with required facilities during the period 1971 -91, attracted massive investments and creation of public sector establishments which contributed for high order of population growth during this period. It is seen from Table 3.6.1 that the population growth rates show declining trend since 1981, in Port Blair as well as in the revenue villages forming part of the planning area. The growth rate of more than 6 per cent experienced at Port Blair town and in the Planning Area during 1971-81, has dropped down to 2 to 2.5 per cent during the period 2001-10. The decline in the growth rate is considerable at Port Blair when compared with the revenue villages forming part of planning area.

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy Considering the declining trend of growth rates, and the fact that the phase of setting up new institutional establishments for management of human settlements is by and large over, the population growth is expected not to exceed 2.5 % to 3 % per annum in the next 20 year period. On the basis of this reasoning, the projected population for 2030 is estimated through different methods of projection. The projections show that the 2010 population of 1.87 lakhs people in the Port Blair Planning Area is expected to increase to a level of 2.97 lakhs to 3.71 lakhs by the year 2030. The land use requirements for the plan period are arrived for the highest estimate of 3.71 lakhs population.

Table No: 3.6.1 Population Growth Rates

ANNUAL GROWTH RATE (%) NAME OF SETTLEMENT/AREA 1971-81 1981-91 1991-2001 2001-10* Port Blair 6.59 4.21 2.92 2.04 Revenue Villages within Planning 5.50 5.93 3.87 2.82 Area Port Blair Planning Area 6.23 4.80 3.37 2.35 * Growth Rate arrived on the basis of 2010 Population obtained from the National Population Register (NPR). The population 2010 obtained from NPR does not include defence population. Therefore, the wards (3,7,9 & 10 at Port Blair) and revenue villages (Garacharma, Brichgunj & Brookshabad) having sizable defence population were excluded in calculation of growth rates for the period 2001-10.

3.7 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

3.7.1 At the rate of maximum expected growth of 3 % per annum, the Port Blair population is expected to increase to a level of 2.42 lakhs by 2030. At the same rate of projection, the population in the revenue villages of the planning area (excluding Port Blair) is to increase to a level of 1.29 lakhs. This means, Port Blair and the revenue villages in the planning area are expected to contribute for an additional population of 1.42 lakhs and 0.67 lakhs respectively. More than 1000 hectares of lands is proposed to be brought under residential use from other uses to serve the housing needs of the projected population. As Port Blair is already hard pressed for lands, nearly 90 per cent of the additional lands required for residential use are to be provided only by the revenue villages outside the municipal area. This being the case, the revenue villages in the planning area are expected to accommodate sizable amount of population growth in the plan period. The status of basic services in the revenue villages is to be improved on account of expected growth in population.

3.7.2 Possibility of bringing more lands into residential use within Port Blair confines mostly to the wards 8, 9, 14, and 16 to 18. The infrastructure at these wards is relatively better in comparison with the revenue villages, and hence these wards are expected to absorb certain extent of additional population. In other wards of the municipal area, more of intensification of development is only expected. The wards 1 to 5, 7 and 13 are already dense and the infrastructure may not support further addition in population.

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy 3.8 WORKFORCE PROJECTION

3.8.1 The livelihood and employment issues are critical for sustainable development for any settlement. Planning for employment creations does have spatial ramifications and hence the population which would desire to be involved in economic activities by the end of plan period is projected in this section. Analyzing the past and present quantum of workforce of Port Blair Planning Area as given in Table 3.8.1, it is observed that the participation rate has increased from 33.5 % to 35 % during 1991-2001, and it is not expected to go over 40 % even with the thrust on generation of more employment. Based on this, it is expected that there would be a maximum of 1.48 lakhs of population involved in the economic activities by the end of plan period. As of 2001, 0.57 lakhs workers have taken up the available employment opportunities, which leave an additional employment in the maximum of 0.91 lakhs to be required during the plan period.

Table No: 3.8.1 Working Population

TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL WORKERS NAME OF SETTLEMENT/AREA 1991 2001 1991 2001 Port Blair 74955 99984 25690 36741 Revenue Villages within Planning Area 40656 61309 13090 20126 Total 115611 161293 38780 56867 Source: Primary Census Abstract, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Census of India 1991 and 2001

3.9 STRENGTHENING ECONOMY

3.9.1 Economic growth and creation of adequate employment opportunities are vital for sustainable development of the people and the settlements. Though in general the industrial development is perceived to be the focus for employment creation, the peculiarities of the Island does not permit same. However, the tourism and fisheries sector offer abundant scope for development. The Master Plan proposes to take advantage of the potentials of these sectors to promote sustainable development of the Islands and more particularly the planning area.

3.9.2 The Vision Statement 2025 of the Fisheries Department of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration has identified several projects for the sector through which nearly 15000 direct and 18000 employments are expected to be generated in the fisheries sector. In order to boost the activities in this sector, works have been identified by the fisheries department both in the areas of ‘capture fisheries’ and ‘culture fisheries’. Junglighat, Dollygunj and Brookshabad could be the settlements to develop the fishing related activities like cold storages, fish processing units etc.

3.9.3 Also the tourism department has undertaken enormous efforts to promote tourism in the Island. Havelock Island and Viper Island are proposed to be developed as prime destinations for tourists. The Havelock Islands is proposed to be developed in such a way to attract 5000 tourists a day. With the kind of efforts and strategies put forth by the Administration, the Andaman &

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Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area Development Strategy Nicobar Islands should host at least 20 lakhs tourists annually by the end of plan period. The tourists count as of 2010, is nearly 2.0 lakhs per annum, and hence accommodation facilities at Port Blair is to be substantially increased to serve the expected growth in the tourism sector, which should offer enormous spurt in the construction activities. Also the resident population of the planning area is expected to be doubled by the plan period which should also intensify the construction activities. The plan period is poised to witness a high growth of workers involved in the construction sector. It may be seen from Table 3.9.3, that over six thousand workers were finding employed in the construction activities during 1991, and the anticipated developments will engage manifold increase of employment in this sector.

Table No: 3.9.3 Distribution of Workforce in the Port Blair Planning Area - 1991

NO. OF % TO TOTAL WORKING SL. NO. CATEGORY WORKERS POPULATION 1 Cultivators 1642 4.23 2 Agricultural Labours 1578 4.07 3 Livestock, Forestry, Fishing. etc. 2744 7.08 4 Mining and Quarrying 283 0.73 5 HHI Manufacturing and Processing 136 0.35 6 Manufacturing and Processing other than HHI 3046 7.85 7 Construction Workers 6260 16.14 8 Trade and Commerce Workers 5048 13.02 9 Transportation, Storage and Communication 3791 9.78 10 Other Services, Workers 14252 36.75 Total 38780 100.00 Source: Primary Census Abstract, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Census of India 1991

3.9.4 Travel to Islands is mostly governed by once-in-a lifetime desire to experience the joy of virgin beaches, exclusivity, snorkeling, scuba diving, camping, bird-watching, game fishing etc. However, beyond a certain degree, the lure for natural environs may play low, and hence for sustainable tourism entertainment centres in relation to the environment are also to be created for the tourists. The effort of the Tourism department in developing Viper Island is one such initiative.

3.9.5 The implementation of the five year plan proposals of the fisheries and tourism sector along with the other development initiatives contemplated in these sectors in reaching the long term goals are crucial in serving adequate employment for the future. The development in these sectors would essentially create multiple numbers of employment opportunities in the trade, commerce, transportation and other tertiary services, which should be sufficient to meet the livelihood demands for the future.

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Mannarghat Mount Harriet JIRKATANG R F

Alipur Wimberlygunj SOUTH ANDAMAN RF

Kanyapuram Tirur Mathura Stewart Gunj Govindapuram Kadakachang Brindaban

Ferargunj Bamboo Flat Temple Myo BRINDAVAN PF North Bay Aniket Shore point Hope Town

Cadlegunj

Namunaghar

ANDAMAN SEA Manpur Tusnabad Dundaspoint Ross Island Mithakhari Ograbraj

Hobdipur Viper Mohwa Dera Muslimbasti

Port Mout

Mohwa Dera Badmaspahar Balu Ghat FLAT BAY B Dollygunj Pahargaon A Crakabad Y Austinabad Brooksahabad O Garacharama F Chouldari Prothrapur B E N Brichgunj G Dhanikari A Wandoor Sippighat Maymyo L Teylerabad Calicut Humphrey Gunj Hashmatabad

Nayasahar Beodnabad Manglutan Alexandra Island

Bimblitan Rangachang

Guptapara Manjeri

Hobday Island New Rangachang

Chidiyatapu LEGEND 02,0004,0001,000 Meters Residential Transport & Communication Reserved Forest P B P A Boundary PROJECTION SYSTEM : UTM Commercial Defence Other Forest Municipal Boundary DATUM : WGS84 SPHEROID : WGS84 Industrial Recreational Submerged Land Village Boundary ZONE : 46 Public & Semi-Public Agriculture Water body Ward Boundary Scale DRG NO. Vacant Roads Mangrooves 1 : 100,000 MAP NO. 7 ± CLIENT Town and Country Planning Unit APWD Andaman Public Works Department P B P A - EXISTING LAND USE - 2010 A & N Administration, Port Blair CONSULTANTS MASTER PLAN FOR PORT BLAIR PLANNING AREA - 2030 School of Architecture & Planning Anna University, Chennai-25 15