Ring Road DevelopmentRING in ROAD Madhya Pradesh DEVELOPMENT IN MADHYA PRADESH Report Page Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis Ring Road Development in Madhya Pradesh November 2020 Identification of towns in Madhya Pradesh for Ring Road Development & Probable Financial planning for Implementation of the project Project Report ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE INSTITUTE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND POLICY ANALYSIS Page Ring Road Development in Madhya Pradesh Submitted by: Centre for Urban Governance, AIGGPA Guidance: Mr. Girish Sharma, IAS Principal Advisor, Centre for Urban Governance Project Coordinator: Mrs. Jalaja Saji Advisor, Centre for Urban Governance Project Team: Mrs. Priyanka Pawar, Consultant, Centre for Urban Governance Mr. Parag Somwanshi, KPMG India Ms. Samridhi Chaurasia, Research Associate, Centre for Urban Governance Page Ring Road Development in Madhya Pradesh Executive Summary The towns in Madhya Pradesh are urbanizing rapidly which presents both opportunities as well as challenges for the policy makers as well as the society. One of the challenges associated with growing urbanization is the heavy traffic congestion. One of the measures to decongest the traffic load could be development of ring roads. It can decongest the cities from heavy traffic load for which it is advisable to plan for bypass/ring road development well in advance to reduce future repercussions. Looking into the advantages of developing the ring road, Government of Madhya Pradesh decided to consider few Ring Roads projects in the select towns of Madhya Pradesh. In order to identify such towns a quick study to shortlist the towns was taken up by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis (AIGGPA), Bhopal. The focus was to shortlist the towns based on identified parameters and to suggest probable financial models to implement the project. The study was conducted mainly through secondary research and stakeholder consultations in a short span of three months. As per census 2011, there are 427 towns in Madhya Pradesh out of which, 378 are Urban Local Bodies. Owing to the large number of ULBs, few assumptions were made to reduce the number of towns for further analysis of Ring Roads. The two assumptions made in this study were: 1. Towns with Development Plans: The first assumption made in this study was to consider only such towns of Madhya Pradesh whose Development Plan is already prepared by Department of Town and Country Planning. As on March 2020, there were 96 towns in Madhya Pradesh whose Development Plans were prepared. 2. Towns with more than 1 Lakh Population: The second assumption made in this study was to analyze only those towns, which have more than 1 Lakh population (based on projected population for 2019). There are 36 towns in Madhya Pradesh, which have more than 1 Lakh population as per projected population for 2019. Out of 36 towns, development plan and landuse map was not available for Ashoknagar, Dhar, Shahdol and Gwalior SADA area, so they were excluded in Ring Road analysis. After shortlisting 36 towns, seven parameters were identified which were assigned points on the scale of 0-5 based on various sub categories. The identified parameters were simultaneously assigned weightages on the scale of 10. The parameters were judiciously assigned weightages to select towns where Ring Road could be developed with ‘Least Level of Difficulties’ as in large cities land availability is limited and cost of acquisition is also higher which will result in higher project development cost. Hence it was purposely eliminated from the list. The table below shows list of identified parameters along with assigned weightage. Table 1: Table showing list of identified parameters along with their weightages S.No. Parameter Weightage (on the scale of 10) 1 Population 0.5 2 Population Growth Rate between 2011-2019 2.0 3 Proximity to National Highway 2.0 4 Average Annual Vehicle Registration 0.5 5 Economic status of the town – Number of medium and large scale industries 1.0 6 Length of Ring Road/Bypass yet to be developed 2.5 7 Percentage of Ring Road/Bypass left to be constructed out of total proposed length 1.5 Total 10.0 Post assigning points and weightages, a town wise matrix was developed, which ranked the towns in the order of priority of developing Ring Road according to their total weighted score. Towns with higher weighted score were recommended to be considered for Ring Road development. Based on data analysed from the development plans and information collected from Regional Office of NHAI and MPPWD, few towns were eliminated in the study since these towns have either initiated the construction activities or is in pipeline of MPPWD. Few towns were eliminated as they have been selected under Bharatmala scheme for development of Ring Road/Bypass. Page i Ring Road Development in Madhya Pradesh Table 2: Table showing list of eliminated towns in the study S.No Town Study Recommendation Remark 1 Sehore Town eliminated from study Sehore has already developed 17 Km bypass as per DP and there is no separate proposal for Ring Road 2 Gwalior Town eliminated from study Gwalior has already developed 79 Km circular bypass as per DP 3 Betul Town eliminated from study Betul has already developed 13 Km bypass as per DP and there is no separate proposal for Ring Road 4 Katni Town eliminated from study Katni has already developed 17.8 Km bypass as per DP and there is no separate proposal for Ring Road 5 Satna Town eliminated from study Satna has already developed 30 Km circular bypass as per DP 6 Town eliminated from study Indore is selected under Bharatmala scheme for development of Indore Ring Road 7 Shivpuri Town eliminated from study Shivpuri is selected under Bharatmala scheme for development of Ring Road 8 Sagar Town eliminated from study Sagar is selected under Bharatmala scheme for development of Bypass 9 Vidisha Town eliminated from study Vidisha is selected under Bharatmala scheme for development of Bypass After eliminating above nine towns, the study recommends following towns should be considered for development of Ring Road. Table 3: Table showing list of towns with higher weighted score S.No. Name of the Town Weighted Score 1 Rewa 40 2 Guna 36 3 Ratlam 35 4 Singrauli 32 5 Damoh 30 6 Mandsaur 30 Table 4: Table showing weighted score of all the towns analysed for ring road development in the study S.No. Town Total Study Recommendation Remarks Weighted Score 1 Dewas 42 Town not considered NHAI has already awarded work for construction of another bypass which is just parallel to the missing part of proposed Ring Road 2 Jabalpur 41 Town not considered Bids for preparation of DPR & Feasibility Report for Jabalpur Ring Road of about 112 Km. length has been invited at NHAI-HQ, New Delhi. 3 Rewa 40 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 4 Guna 36 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 5 Itarsi 36 Town not considered No Ring Road is proposed for Itarsi. However, combined bypass for Itarsi & Hoshangabad is under construction, which is 33.5 Km length. 6 Ratlam 35 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 7 Hoshangabad 33 Town not considered A combined bypass for Itarsi & Hoshangabad is under construction, which is 33.5 Km in length. 8 Singrauli 32 Town may be considered Singrauli is under consideration by PWD for development of Ring Road/Bypass 9 Bhopal 31 Town not considered Case dropped due to anticipated high cost of land acquisition 10 Morena 30 Town not considered Bypass sanctioned under NHAI (DPR already submitted by consultant on 20.08.2018) 11 Damoh 30 Town may be considered Half of the Ring Road is already constructed in the form of Bypass, remaining half could be developed. Damoh is under consideration by PWD for development of remaining RR Page ii Ring Road Development in Madhya Pradesh 12 Mandsaur 30 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 13 Datia 29 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 14 Chhatarpur 29 Town not considered NHAI is already constructing 3 bypasses, which will make a ring road for Chhatarpur town. 15 Chhindwara 27 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 16 Bhind 23 Town not considered Bypass sanctioned under NHAI (DPR already submitted by consultant on 20.08.2018). 17 Neemuch 23 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 18 Seoni 22 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 19 Ujjain 20 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 20 Nagda 19 Town may be considered No proposal by NHAI/PWD 21 Khargone 16 Low weighted score, town No proposal by NHAI/PWD not considered 22 Burhanpur 14 Low weighted score, town No proposal by NHAI/PWD not considered 23 Khandwa 11 Low weighted score, town No proposal by NHAI/PWD not considered Land Assembly Models and Funding Options of Ring Road Development Land assembly and development mechanism are undertaken for achieving the optimum social use of Land and to ensure adequate availability of land to public authority and individuals. Public private participation is achieved in land development through various techniques. Some of the land assembly techniques also promote flexibility in land utilization in response to changes resulting from the growing city. The various mechanisms to assemble land are enlisted below: Traditional Land Acquisition Methods (Not covered here) Land Readjustment Transfer of Development Rights Guided Land Development (GLD) Availability of land is the first step towards creating a robust network of ring road. The other crucial factor is the finance. The state and its municipalities need funds to finance the acquisition of the available land.