Meeting held to discuss preparation of GIS based Master Plan-2045 for Dibrugarh

DIBRUGARH: A stakeholders meeting to discuss issues related to preparation of a GIS based Master Plan-2045 for Dibrugarh under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pallav Gopal Jha on Thursday.

The meeting, which was held at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner's office, discussed various issues, requirements and potential related to preparation of the Dibrugarh Master Plan 2045. In the beginning, the representatives of Nector Engineers and Project Consultants, which has been entrusted with the task of preparing the Master Plan 2045, informed the meeting about the progress of the Master Plan, which is being prepared keeping in view the possible population growth, changes in demography, road connectivity, residential, commercial and industrial area expansion and other aspects of development till 2045. They also informed the meeting about the support they required such as information and data from other government departments to complete the Master Plan which would cover an area of 401 sq km of Dibrugarh town and adjacent areas.

Speaking in the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Pallav Gopal Jha directed Nector Engineers & Project Consultants to prepare the Master Plan keeping in view all the possible changes that might happen in next 25 years and to keep scope from modification and inclusion in future. He also directed the agency to create a mechanism through which stakeholders like government departments could get in touch with their ideas at any time. He further directed the agency to make clear cut demarcation of green belts, structural and non-structural zones, housing and non-housing zones in the Master Plan. The agency was also asked to prepare the master plan keeping in view the fact that Dibrugarh and its surrounding areas had several vital installations like the Dibrugarh Airport and other installations of police, para-military forces and Indian Army and the restriction associated with those areas.

The DC also stressed the need to organize 5-6 rounds of discussion with the people living in the projected areas for the Master Plan and to take their views within one month so that the same could be incorporated in the Master Plan.

The meeting was also attended by Superintendent of Police, Prateek Thube, District Development Commissioner Partha Pratim Boiragi and other officers.