Preparation of City Development Plan for Dumka, Jharkhand

Objectives:

• Developing a methodology for participation of people in the area of urban planning that is mostly expert driven
• Shifting focus towards development of the much neglected small and medium sized towns in India under UIDSSMT and building capacities of the smaller municipalities
• Demonstrate an alternative to the existing CDPs prepared under the JNNURM

Geographical Spread:

Key areas/components:

• City wide Reconnaissance surveys and ward wise surveys to collect data to assess the status of physical and social infrastructure in the town. 
• Intensive stakeholder consultations especially involving the poor, women and other marginalized groups. 
• Innovative strategies to engage people in the process such as essay and art competitions for youth and children; visioning exercise for the elected representatives; ward snapshots for ward level citizens etc. 
• Preparing maps for the city and wards.

Key outputs:

• Main areas covered in the CDP were water supply; solid waste management and sanitation; basic services for urban poor; transportation; primary and maternal health; education; heritage management; urban environment and capacity building of municipality and Elected Representatives. Sharing of plan at city level for final approval of the people. Some of the key outputs included:
• Methodology for preparation of a participatory City Development Plan
• Report of the City Development Plan of Dumka
• Existing ward map and land use map for Dumka
• City Investment Plan for physical and social infrastructural projects
• 22 Ward profiles with maps and data of each ward of the town