STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: An interactive Stakeholder workshop was organized by JDA in association with Town and Country Planning Organization Govt. of India on Wednesday in the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu.
The interactive workshop was organized to gather public feedback and suggestions on the 5 year periodical review of Jammu Master Plan 2017-32 which has been initiated by JDA.
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Dr. Raghav Langer in the inaugural session gave broader vision and perspective on the Jammu Master Plan-2032 and initiated discussions among the Public Representatives and HoDs of various line Departments on the expected outcomes of the Master Plan Review exercise.
Vice Chairman JDA, Pankaj Magotra, conducted the proceedings of the workshop and made public representatives aware about steps initiated by JDA for facilitating faster online building permissions, allowing Agriculture Land for conversion to Land-use prescribed In the Master Plan and finding out the land-use of their land by the visitors on JDA website.
In this workshop, DDC Chairman Jammu and Samba, Officers from JMC, Urban Local Bodies, Police and Civil administration, Chief Engineers of various deptts, Director AIIMS, Director IIT/IIM, Regional Director NHAI and representatives of Chamber of Commerce and Industries participated.
Besides, Town & Country planners, Delhi Associate Architects, Chief Town Planner, JDA were also present who made the representatives aware about the process for review of Master Plan.
Some important points on which opinion & suggestions were taken were to prioritize the solution of important problems of Jammu Town, identification of localities which need improvement in terms of traffic and transportation, Solid Waste Management, sewerage, drainage, telecommunications, social, cultural River Front Development, conservation of environment etc. of the overall Jammu Master Plan Area.
Future vision of Jammu city in terms of IT, Industry, Pilgrimage Tourism, Economy etc in next 20 years was also discussed during the workshop and feedback taken by the Town & Country Planning experts for consideration during the review exercise.