TOWN PLANNING SCHEMES

SITUATION BEFORE TP SCHEMES IMPLEMENTATION

• Unorganized haphazard plots
• Insufficient and narrow Roads and approaches
• Insufficient open spaces
• Encroachment in majority of Open spaces.
• No follow up of building control regulations.
• Lack of open spaces and margins.

SITUATION AFTER TP SCHEMES IMPLEMENTATION

• TP Scheme is the micro level planning tool under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976.
• The Gamtal (Old city) area was taken under TP scheme after the devastated earthquake of 2001.
• Various planning initiatives
  • widening of existing roads,
  • new roads,
  • linkages with outskirt region,
  • reconstitution of haphazard plots
• Fastest ever planning.
• First ever experiment with urban renewal of the entire Gamtal.
• Immediate implementation.
• Humanitarian approach :
  • Plots for Tenants.
  • Plots for unauthorized settlements.
  • Temporary arrangements for those affected.
  • Permanent planning.
• Green Approach :
  • Efforts to transplant or save trees getting affected in road widening.
  • Afforestation planned in the relocation sites.