Draft MASTER PLAN FOR GANDERBAL -2032 Master Plan January 2013 FEEDBACK INFRA PRIVATE LIMITED & B E CONSULTANT TOWN PLANNING ORGANISATION, KASHMIR Government of Jammu and Kashmir Ganderbal Master Plan - 2032 Preface Cities have become concentrates of intelligence and demand large investments for their development. Large resources are spent on the development of various urban settlements but the condition of these towns continues to deteriorate because of piecemeal nature of expenditure and lack of definitive development schemes. Adhoc efforts neither result in better environment nor strengthen the economic base. In view of this, Town Planning Organisation, Kashmir has undertaken the preparation of the Master Plans for various towns, which envisages all encompassing development of these towns. Master Plans are expected to give impetus to the development and economic potential of the towns. In the first phase, the Master Plans of district headquarters have been taken up which will be followed up by Master Plans of other small and medium towns. The Government has also decided to outsource few Master Plans; however, the Master Plan for Ganderbal, which is on the threshold of becoming Class I town, has been outsourced to M/S Feedback Infra Private Limited, Gurgaon. The Master Plan-Ganderbal (2012-32) is the first planning effort in Kashmir region that has been outsourced to any private consultant by Town Planning Organisation, Kashmir. The studies involved in the preparation of Master Plan for Ganderbal (2012-32) concerns with the areas crucial to planning and development of the region. It has been a great privilege for M/S Feedback Infra Private Limited, Gurgaon to undertake the assignment of formulating the Master Plan of Ganderbal (2012-32). In this Draft Master Plan, the development proposals have been framed after a detailed study and analysis of the crucial issues related to economic development, infrastructure, transportation, housing, environment and urban sustainability. This comprehensive effort has established a framework for physical and socio-economic development and upliftment of the town– its constituent elements and the development policy mechanism by which these goals can be achieved. At this juncture, the main purpose for Feedback Infra Private Limited, Gurgaon. in putting this document is to solicit critical comments and suggestions to achieve greater participation, meaningfulness and make the Master Plan for Ganderbal (2012-32) acceptable to stakeholders who have a role to play in its development and implementable for the Local Authority. The Draft Master Plan Ganderbal (2012-32) is being submitted to the government and the Local Authority for publication under the provision of “J & K Development Act 1970” and the rules framed thereof. The Local Area constituted needs to be modified to include all the villages of the planning area as per the Annexure-I of this draft report. (Iftikhar A. Hakim) Chief Town Planner Town Planning Organisation, Kashmir DRAFT REPORTI 1 Ganderbal Master Plan - 2032 Team Members Advisory Team (Client) Town Planning Organisation, Kashmir Iftikhar A. Hakim Chief Town Planner, Kashmir Fayaz A. Khan Town Planner Gulzar A. Dar Assistant Town Planner Working Team (Consultant) Feedback Infra Private Limited & B.E. Consultants Core Team Virendra Kumar Vice President Dr. Alok Nath Bansal Traffic Expert P. N. Bhargava Consultant Gajendra Kumar Singh Manager Sanando Bhattacharjee Assistant Manager Nirajbhan Mahajan Assistant Manager Drafting & Digitization Team Dhirendra Singh Draftsman Surender Dagar (CAD/ GIS) Draftsman Seema Tanwar Draftsman Amit Sharma (CAD/ GIS) Draftsman Data Collection/ Survey Team Gajendra Kumar Singh Manager Sanando Bhattacharjee Assistant Manager Nirajbhan Mahajan Assistant Manager Narendra K. Anandkar Draftsman Report Compilation Deepa Ramakrishnan Senior Executive DRAFT REPORTI 2 Ganderbal Master Plan - 2032 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................. 10 1.2 WHAT IS A MASTER PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.3 NEED FOR THE MASTER PLAN ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE MASTER PLAN ............................................................................................................ 11 1.5 APPROACH TO PLAN PREPARATION ........................................................................................................... 11 1.6 PLANNING AREA .......................................................................................................................................... 11 1.7 VISION .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 1.8 DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT ................................................................................................................................... 13 1.8.1 PLANNING PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................................................ 13 1.9 PLANNING UNITS: ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2. REGIONAL SETTING & RESOURCE BASE ................................................................................................... 15 2.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 15 2.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND................................................................................................................................. 15 2.3 LOCATION AND REGIONAL SETTING ..................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.1 Linkages and Connectivity ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.3.2 Topography and SOIL ............................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.3 Climate and Rainfall ................................................................................................................................. 17 2.3.4 NATURAL FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 17 2.3.5 Seismic Zones ........................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4 ECONOMY AND RESOURCE BASE ............................................................................................................... 18 2.4.1 Resource Base of Ganderbal ................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.2 Agriculture Production ............................................................................................................................. 18 2.4.3 Industrial Base .......................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4.4 Industrial Infrastructure .......................................................................................................................... 18 3. DEMOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ............................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Population distribution in ganderbal municipal committee area ......................................................... 19 3.2.2 POPULATION GROWTH TRENDS ............................................................................................................. 19 3.2.3 Population Density ................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.4 SEX RATIO ................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.5 LITERACY RATE ......................................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 WORK FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE (WFPR) ........................................................................................................... 21 3.3.1 OccupationAL Structure ........................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 POPULATION PROJECTION .................................................................................................................................. 21 3.4.1 Projected Population – Ganderbal (mC