Master Plan of Arang Town

Objectives:

• The objective of the planning exercise was to develop a 15 to 20 years vision of the town by involving all the stakeholders. The vision will be further elaborated in to a plan document premises on the principles of Participation, sustainability and equitability. The specific scope of the work involved
• The capacities of municipal officials and elected representatives were enhanced to understand and appreciate the intricacies involved in town planning because they play critical role in implementation.
• Eliciting massive participation of stakeholders such as Govt. officials, businessmen, trade unions etc. in data collection, interpretation, analysis and future planning of the town (with added emphasis on the participation of women, marginalized and poor).
• Preparation of plan document including maps, diagrams, charts elaborating the existing situation and future requirements.

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Key areas/components:

• Capacity building of councilors and municipal officials.
• Mobilization of citizen collectives and identification of other stakeholder.
• preparation of base map
• Primary and secondary dada collection and preliminary analysis.
• City/town development strategy workshop with stakeholder.
• Preparation of conceptual plan.
• Presentation and discussion of conceptual plan with important stakeholders
• Preparation of Draft Development.
• Submission of Draft Development Plan to the State Government.
• Comments received from the state Government after due process
• Submission of Final Master Development Plan to the State Government.

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