DDRRAAFFTT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BENAPOLE-JESSORE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR June, 2017 Urban Development Directorate Ministry of Housing and Public Works Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Published by Urban Development Directorate (UDD) Ministry of Housing and Public Works Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh First Edition December 2017 Price Taka 3000.00 US$ 90.00 Printed by Copyright Urban Development Directorate (UDD) No part of the document may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording on otherwise without permission of the copyright holder __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Organizational Set Up, Phase- II, (Departments/Directorates and Other Organizations under them), Volume XV (Ministry of Works), Chapter VI (Urban Development Directorates, June 1983 Allocation of Functions Master Plan Master Plan (Structure Plan, Urban Area Plan and Action Area Plan) Master Plan (Structure Plan, Urban Area Plan and Action Area Plan) Master Plan i TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE Gazette Table of Contents List of Tables List of Maps List of Figures Abbreviations and Acronyms i Glossary of Terms iv Unit of Equivalence xvi Executive Summary xvii CHAPTER 1: PROJECT CONTEXT 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Project Background 1 1.3 Road and Railway connectivity of the corridor 2 1.4 Best corridor planning practices 3 1.5 Objectives of the Assignments 6 1.6 Understanding of Scope of Services 6 1.7 Description of the Planning Area 8 PART 1: STRUCTURE PLAN CHAPTER 2 CONTENT OF STRUCTURE PLAN 10 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Objective and Purpose of Structure Plan 12 2.3 Area coverage of the structure plan 14 2.4 Duration and Amendment of the structure plan 14 2.5 Format of the structure plan 14 CHAPTER 3 CRITICAL PLANNING ISSUES 15 3.1 Introduction 15 3.2 Demography and population growth 15 3.3 Land Use 17 3.4 Transportation and other infrastructures 22 3.5 Housing and associated public utilities and services 23 3.6 Environment, Drainage and Disaster management 25 3.6.1 Earthquake 25 3.6.2 Coastal hazards: Cyclone and water logging 25 3.6.3 Water Resources System 27 3.6.4 Historical Development 27 3.6.5 Sub regional water resources system and drainage network 28 3.6.6 Impact of Climate Change on Water Level 30 3.6.5 Estimation of Flood Inundation 31 CHAPTER 4 BENAPOLE-JESSORE TRANSPORT CORRIDOR 32 4.1 Introduction 32 4.2 Location and Role 33 4.3 Existing Conditions of Transportation 33 4.4 Land use Transport Interaction and Trend of Traffic 35 ii 4.5 Issues to Address 36 4.6 Strategies to address Objectives 36 4.7 Future Plan 37 4.8 Conclusion 47 CHAPTER 5 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT 48 5.1 Indo-Bangladesh Trade 48 5.2 Trend of Bangladeshi Economy 49 5.3 Importance of Benapole land port 50 5.4 Future prospect of the corridor and Benapole Land port 52 5.5 Existing condition of Benapole Land Port 53 5.5.1 Problems of beanpole Land port 53 5.5.2 Traffic flow to and from Benapole Land Port 54 5.6 Regional Investment Climate 57 5.6.1 Urbanization rate 57 5.6.2 Poverty and urbanization 57 5.6.3 Revitalization of Mongla Sea Port 58 5.6.4 Improved Railway connectivity 59 5.6.5 Nature of Imports and exports using Beanpole Land Port 60 CHAPTER 6: KEY ISSUES THROUGH PEOPLES’ PARTICIPATION 62 6.1 Community Participation in Urban Planning 62 6.2 PRA Methodology 62 6.3 Findings of the Urban PRA Sessions 63 6.4 PRA Findings in Jessore Pourashava 64 6.5 PRA Findings in Jhikorgachha Pourashava 64 6.6 PRA Findings in Benapole Pourashava 65 6.7 Findings of the Rural PRA Sessions 66 6.8 Action Plan Matrix through PRA Process 66 CHAPTER 7: STRUCTURE PLAN POLICIES 69 7.1 Introduction 69 7.2 Spatial Development Strategies 69 7.3 Policy related to water and environment 70 7.4 Policy: Transport planning 73 7.5 Demography and population growth 76 7.6 Housing and associated public utilities and services 77 7.7 Land Use 79 7.8 Governance and institutional arrangements 81 7.9 Economic Development and Industrialization 83 7.10 Utility Services 84 7.11 Land Management Strategies 86 CHAPTER 8: STRUCTURE PLAN ZONING 88 8.1 Land Zoning Considering Flood Inundation 88 8.1.1 Flood of 2.33 year return period 8.1.2 Flood of 5 year return period 8.1.3 Flood of 20 year return period 8.1.4 Flood of 50 year return period 8.1.5 Flood of 100 year return period 8.2 Zoning Categories in Structure Plan 89 8.2.1 Conservation Zone 89 8.2.2 Agricultural Zone 89 iii 8.2.3 Rural settlement Zone 89 8.2.4 Designated Urban Areas 89 8.2.5 Urban Promotion Area 93 8.2.6 Restricted Area 93 8.2.7 Water Body Buffer Zone 93 8.2.8 Border Buffer 93 8.2.9 National Highway Buffer Zone 93 PART 2: URBAN AND RURAL AREA PLAN CHAPTER 9: URBAN AND RURAL AREA PLAN 95 9.1 Introduction 95 9.2 Objective and purpose of Urban Area Plan 95 9.3 Area coverage of the Urban Area Plan 95 9.3.1 Background of Benapole Pourashava 95 9.3.2 Background of Jessore Pourashava 96 9.3.3 Background of Jhikorgachha Pourashava 97 9.4 Goals and Objectives of Land use plan 98 9.5 Structure and purpose of the Urban Area Plan 99 9.6 Duration, Revision, and Updating of the Urban Area Plan 99 CHAPTER 10: LAND USE ZONNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL 100 10.1 Goals and Objectives of Land Use plan 100 10.2 Land use Zones 100 10.3 Land use classification 102 10.4 Types and Patterns of Existing Land Use 104 10.4.1 Land use of Benapole Pourashava 104 10.4.2 Land use of Jhikorgachha Pourashava 106 10.4.3 Land use of Jessore Pourashava 108 10.5 Standards of Land use planning and infrastructures 110 10.6 Demography of the project areas 113 10.6.1 Population forecast of Benapole Pourashava 113 10.6.2 Population forecast of Jessore Pourashava 114 10.6.3 Population forecast of Jhikorgachha Pourashava 114 10.7 Proposed Land use Zones 116 10.7.1 Land use Zone wise description 116 10.8 Open space and Recreational facilities 120 10.10 Education 123 10.11 Conservation Zone 129 10.12 Community Facilities 129 10.13 Urban Deferred 129 10.14 Mixed use 130 10.15 Manufacturing and processing activities 130 10.16 Agricultural and conservation area 131 10.17 Administrative Land use 131 10.18 Growth Centers 132 10.19 Rural Settlement Zone 134 10.20 Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of land use plan 134 iv CHAPTER 11: PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USE 136 11.1 Introduction 136 11.2 Residential Zone 136 11.3 Manufacturing and Processing Zone 138 11.4 Commercial Zone 139 11.5 Conservation Zone 141 11.6 Mixed Use Zone 142 11.7 Community Facilities 145 11.7.1 Land use Permitted in community facilities 145 11.7.2 Land use conditionally permitted in community facilities 145 11.7.3 Restricted Uses: in community facilities 145 11.8 Administrative Zone 146 11.8.1 Land use Permitted 146 11.8.2 Land use conditionally Permitted Administrative Zone 146 11.8.3 Restricted Uses n Administrative Zone 146 11.9 Agricultural Zone 147 11.9.1 Land use Permitted in Agricultural Zone 147 11.9.2 Land use conditionally permitted in Agricultural Zone 147 14.9.3 Restricted Uses in Agricultural Zone 147 11.10 Recreation Zone 148 11.10.1 Land use Permitted in Recreation Zone 148 11.10.2 Land use conditionally permitted in Recreation Zone 148 11.10.3 Restricted Uses in Recreation Zone 148 11.11 Education and Research Zone 149 11.12 Rural settlement Zone 150 11.13 Designated Urban Areas 150 11.14 Urban Promotion Zone 150 11.15 Restricted Zone 150 11.16 Water Body Buffer Zone 150 11.17 Border Buffer 150 11.18 National Highway Buffer Zone 151 v PART 3: ACTION AREA PLAN CHAPTER 12: ACTION AREA PLAN 12.1 Introduction 153 12.2 Objectives of AAP 153 12.3 Duration of AAP 153 12.4 Area Development Proposals 153 12.5 Regional Infrastructures 154 12.5.1 Bus Passenger’s Resting Area 154 12.5.2 Motorist’s Parking Area (or Highway Resting Area) 155 12.5.3 Agricultural storage facilities 156 12.6 Local Level Services 159 12.7 Rehabilitation and Resettlement Procedure 166 12.8 Development Financing 166 CHAPTER 13: GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 167 13.1 Introduction 167 13.2 Essence of Governance in Ensuring Sustainable Urban Development 167 13.3 Critical Issues and Future Challenges 168 13.4 Proposed Corridor Development Authority 171 CHAPTER 14: PLAN FOLLOW UP 173 14.1 Introduction 173 14.2 Project Plan Preparation 173 14.3 Duration of the Plan 173 14.4 Monitoring, Review and Updating of the Plan Components 173 14.5 Rules of Plan Deviation 173 14.6 Circulation of the Plan Documents 174 Bibliography 175 APPENDIX vi LIST OF TABLES TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE Table 1.1: Name of Upazila & Unions at the project with corresponding planning area 8 Table 2.1: Land use composition of the project area 16 Table 3.2: Trend of tidal in three coastal stations (MoEF, 2005) 32 Table 5.1: Trend of FDI in Bangladesh 49 Table 5.2: Achievements in Various 5-Year Plan Periods 50 Table 5.3: Shift of economic structure of Bangladesh 50 Table 5.4: Current problems of Benapole Land port and relevant interventions identified by USAID 55 Table 5.5: Forecast of Bangladesh throughput (Unit: Tonnage and TEU), 2010-2040 Base case 56 Table 5.6: Revenue Income and Expenditure of Mongla Sea Port 58 Table 5.7: Railway Distance ‘via Bangabandhu Bridge’ and ‘using Padma Bridge’ from Dhaka 60 Table 6.1: PRA Sessions/Meetings in Different Urban/Rural Settlements 62 Table 6.5: Action Matrix for Development Planning in Benapole-Jessore Highway Corridor 65 Table 7.1: Policy Related to Water and Environment 69 Table 7.2: Policy Related to Transport planning 72 Table 7.3: Policy Related to Demography and Population growth 75 Table 7.4: Policy Related to Housing and associated