UTTARAK HAND CONTENTS 1 A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF UTTARAKHAND 2 OUTLINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UTTARAKHAND UTTARKASHI AND HOW TO ACHIEVE THEM 3 NEWSP APERS CLIPPINGS R.G. GUPTA RUDRAPRAYAG CHAMOLI POLICY/CITY PLANNER 4 EXISTING STATUS OF UTTARAKHAND DEHRADUN TEHRI GARHWAL PITHORAGARH R. G. Gupta (M: 09811018374)City / Policy Planner Email: [email protected] PAURI GARHWAL BAGESHWAR web : www.rgplan.org ; blog. www.ramgopalgupta.blog.com HARIDWAR ALMORA ABOUT UTTARAKHAND th th NAINITAL CHAMPAWAL The State of Uttarakhand was created on 9 of November, 2000 as 27 state of Outline for the country. It is famous for its scenic beauty and surrounding Himalayas. Dehradun serves as the provisional capital and is also the biggest city of the state. Handicrafts and handlooms are its two major industries. It is also famous the UDHAM SINGH NAGAR for being the origin of the Chipko Movement. DEVELOPMENT The state is regarded as The Dev Bhumi or Land of God because it houses OF various religious places. It is regarded as the most sacred to propitiate the UTTRAKHAND gods. 1 Circulation with full priority on road 5 Public and private partnership in most 9 Use of I. T. including Museums to system but limited railways, waterways of the projects with full transparency. propagate Hindu culture. & airways. 6 Use of TDR (Transfer of Development Rights) 7 Higher FAR along High traffic Intensity Corridoors. 8 Highest Level of research in primary livelihood; especially in - (a) Agriculture (b) Tree-plantation (c) National Parks 10 Planning (Physical; Financial; Time & (d) Wild Life Centuries and (e) Bio Direction with strategy)–a continuious technology. process. 11 Land, Finance, and Land use policy on scientific basis. 12 Proper coordination, integration, 2 Religious system - history of temples evaluation & monitoring at various of Hindus and propagation of their levels. faith and culture. 13 Planning, Re-Planning; Development; Re-Development; Construction; Re- 3 Natural resources; water, mountains, Construction; Re-Management and green areas, trees, wild animals & forest. Maintenance: with the Instrument of E-Governnance and 4 Control of Public Sector only on policy M. Governance. matters and planning of temples and Most of the transition by Email; religious places but implementation Contact by CCTV Cameras and and control under Public & Private Communicate by Mobile. R.G. GUPTA Partnership. cont . POLICY/CITY PLANNER 14 To improve the Economy of the State. 20 Planning of other urban settlements; namely, Pauri Garhwal; Udham Singh 15 To revive the old Focal Points to the Nagar; Narsen; Bhagwanpur; extent possible and create new Focal Khatima; Doiwala; Haldwani; Points with new technology and IT Rudarpur; Vikas Nagar with different inputs. types of infrastructure i.e. a) Physical, b) Circulation c) Social, d) Ecological, 16 To connect most of the exiting and e) Economic, f) Emergency & g) proposed Focal Points by roads to the Character.; extent possible; water ways and air ways to limited extent and railways 21 Construction of EWS housing in the only up to some centres. entire state; partly funding by the 17 Planning of Rural Centres by dividing Central and State Government; partly 24 Creation of new radio and T.V. them into Growth Centres; Growth by Local Govt, and the balance by Channels; Based on culture; Points and Basic Villages with different Adjusting Commercial Land Use with Religious places; Forest; Bio types of infrastructure i.e. a) Physical, other uses. Technology and National Parks. b) Circulation c) Social, d) Ecological, 22 Development of various Commercial 25 Development from the Bottom to the e) Economic, f) Emergency & g) Centres using the existing Shops and Character. Top. Development has to be started Commercial Establishments. These from either side so that the entire area 18 Planning of the Capital - Dehradun; centres will be like District centres; Sub is developed in due course of time in Mega City with different types of district centres; Community Shopping a systematic manner. infrastructure i.e. a) Physical, b) Centres; Local Shopping Centres and Circulation c) Social, d) Ecological, e) Convinience Shopping Centres. 26 One Planning Authority for the entire state with Head Office in the Capital Economic, f) Emergency & g) 23 Development of Hotels, Motels, Character. and Sub Head Offices in emerging Resorts and Individual Houses for Mega Cities & other important 19 Planning of emerging Mega Cities; Tourists. This sector has to be given settlements. Haridwar; Roorkee; Nanital; ------ with maximum importance with full different types of infrastructure i.e. a) Circulation Infrastructure, Health 27 S p e c i a l E n f o r c i n g A u t h o r i t y Physical, b) Circulation c) Social, d) I n f r a s t r u t u r e , A r c h a e o l o g i c a l consisting of officials of the state Ecological, e) Economic, f) Emergency Monuments & Development of areas Govt., Districts, Local Bodies, etc. & g) Character. from time to time. UTTARKASHI RUDRAPRAYAG CHAMOLI DEHRADUN TEHRI GARHWAL PITHORAGARH PAURI GARHWAL BAGESHWAR HARIDWAR ALMORA HOW TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE NAINITAL CHAMPAWAL UDHAM SINGH NAGAR ?? PROPOSAL 1 No New Rural Settlement will be 7 Special Educational Institutions - i) 10 Modifications in following Acts & allowed without Primary, Secondary & High Level Universities for Ecology, Policies - i) Development Act, ii) Tertiary Activities concerning to Building Bye-laws on Electronic Education, Health, Securtiy, Safety, System, iii) Land Acquisition Act Justice, Recreation, Small Medium & concerning to Quick & Emergent Large Parks, Play Groung, Open Acquisition, iv) Urban & Rural Art Spaces, Shelter, Rural Industrial Commision concerning to only Areas, Commercial Areas, Some specific buidings and only elevations, Government Offices, Panchayat v) Regularization of Unauthorized Office, Private Offices, Grains colonies & Structures. Godowns. 11 Creation of a single authority only to 2 Existing Rural Settlements will plan the following components: i) continue as they are with proper Different types of land uses, ii) Planning, Re-Planning, Development, Physical Infrastructure (Water, Re- Development, Construction, Re- Bio-technology, Water resources and Sewerage, Drainage, Solid Waste Construction. Mountain Engineering: may be Management, Power), iii) Circulation 3 Start the development from the established at Dehradun and Haldwani Infrastructure (Roads, Railways & backward / depressed / empty areas. / Kathgodam, ii) Large size IT at Airways), iv) Social Infrastructure Divide the entire system of Dehradun, Rishikesh and Kathgodam, (Health, Education, Security, Safety, Governance into following TWO iii) Institue of Governance of Recreation, Shelter), v) Ecological DISTINCT PARTS: Infrastructure (Physical, Social, Infrastructure (To control water, air, One : Planning, Development, Economic and Ecological) especially noise & soil pollution), vi) Economic Construction, Management & of Mountainious Character should be Infrastructure (To increase GDP & per Maintenance of infrastructure based established. capita income), vii) Emergency on 12th Five Year Plan. 8 Health Facilities have to be increased Infrastructure (Earthquake, High Two : Coordination, Integration, substantially Floods etc.), viii) Water and Mountanious Resources. Evaluation & Monitoring of different 9 Connectivity - i) Air connection activities. between Delhi, Dehradun and 12 MODIFICATIONS IN FOLLOWING ACTS & POLICIES 4 Creation of New Radio & T.V. Channels Kathgodam, ii) Helicopter connection reflecting only the plus/ good points of between Dehradun, Chamoli and (i) Development Act all the district of Uttrakhand and then Kathgodam, iii) Highway connection (ii) Building Bye-laws on Electronic create a "News Channel" not only for between: Delhi to Roorkee, Haridwar, System the people of the State but for the Dehradun and Delhi to Moradabad, (iii) Land Acquisition Act concerning to country. Kathgodam, iv) Hilly road connections Quick & Emergent Acquisition 5 Create many I.T. Parks in the State. with all the settlements, which are (iv) Urban & Rural Art Commission concerning to only specific buildings 6 Focal Points would be based on: - i) Growth Centres, based on provision (v) Regularization of Unauthorised Historical features like monuments etc. of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colonies & structures ii) Natural features: i.e. water or activities, v) Connection of Basic mountains features. ii) New large villages with Growth Points and cont . R.G. GUPTA complexes etc. Growth Centres. POLICY/CITY PLANNER NEWS PAPERS CLIPPINGS ugha tku ik,axs fdruh tkusa xbZa uklk us igys gh ns fn, Fks rckgh osQ laosQr dk'k Hkkx fudys gksa dLrwjh e`x lsuk gS uk ! oqQnjr osQ fu;eksa dks le>uk t:jh OTHER HEADLINES psrus dh ?kM+h Over 60,000 stranded across Uttarkhand A catastrophe called disaster vkRefparu dk volj nks lkS xkaoksa esa Hkq[kejh dh ukScr All pilgrims rescued from kedarnath, focus osQnkjukFk esa iwtk dks ysdj eq[; iqtkjhµ'kadjkpk;Z esas fNM+h shifts to Badrinath and Harsil cgl dks v#fpdj eku jgs gSaµân;ukjk;.k nhf{kr lokyksa osQ ?ksjs esa vkink izcaèku Hk;kog fLFkfr D;ksa iQVrs gSa ckny\ fouk'k dk ekWMy 308 from Delhi still missing in Uttarakhand fodkl osQ nwf"kr ekWMy osQ dkj.k Hkfo"; esa izko`Qfrd osQnkjukFk laokjus dks vkxs vk, eksnh vkinkvksa esa c<+ksrjh dh vk'kadk tkrk jgs gSµ,elh esgrk U'Khand chief Secy raises estimate of missing 40 gtkj dks cpkus dh pqukSrh 10-fold from 350 to 3,000 gknls osQ ckn fiQj MVs toku It's a race against time as weather, hunger Biggest challenge now : Rebuilding