Master Plan for Delhi (1981-01)

MPD-2001, was based on the basic premise of Balanced Regional Development, which emphasizes restrictive policy of employment generation. The main guidelines for this policy were: (i) only such new Central Government Offices which directly serve the Ministries of the Government of India be located in Delhi; (ii) Industrial Growth in Delhi be restricted to small scale and less labour intensive and (iii) Legal & Fiscal measures to restrict employment and distributive trade.

Proposed 1981

Existing 1961

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The MPD-2001 projected a population of 12.8 million by 2001 for the entire NCT. However, the plan recommended to restrict the population to 11 million in NCT and divert the remaining 0.2 million to selected towns in the NCR. The population of NCT was however 13.4 million in 2001 Refer Figure 5.8.

(i) Spatial Strategies

The Master plan has come up with strategies for each of the constituents of the NCTD and DMA area. The proposed strategies as per Master Plan (1981-01) are presented in Table 5.15.

Table 5.15: Proposed Activities as per Master Plan (1981-01) Constituent

Area Proposed Strategy

Acquisition of Land and Development

• 24000 hectare of land to be acquired up to 2001

• Land development for residential purpose 12000 ha and industrial purpose 1600 ha

Walled City-Special Area

• Revitalization of Walled City keeping in view the traditional character and style of the buildings

• Redevelopment of Sadar Bazaar wholesale market by provision of necessary infrastructure and parking areas

• Prohibiting all heavy commercial vehicles in walled city area

• Cars not allowed inside the walled city areas with provision of underground parking at Lal Quila, Delhi Gate, Ajmeri Gate, Turkman Gate, Mori Gate and Purdah bagh

• One way traffic on all the streets of walled city

• Planning tools such as conservative surgery to be adopted for city upgradation

Residential

• New Concept of Partially built plotted housing has been introduced. This involves partially built housing on individual plots of 70-80m².

• Cooperative formation in 600 unauthorized colonies for improvement of low level of physical & social infrastructure

• Planned Development of Urban extension areas (Rohini, Dwarka and Narela)

• Augmentation of housing at focused locations-Patparganj, Sarita Vihar and Vasant Kunj (4000 ha)

Commercial

• Existing CBDs-Old Wall City, Connaught Place and Karol Bagh two Sub CBDs, Proposed 2 Sub-CBDs (One in Trans Yamuna Area &

other in the urban extension area)

• Existing Five district centers; 22 new district centers proposed (14 in existing urban limits & 8 in the urban extensions)

• It was proposed to develop four regional wholesale markets in different directions integrated with freight complexes.

• 11 regional cum local wholesale markets as secondary wholesale markets are proposed to be developed in different planning divisions.

Slum

Improvement &

Redevelopment

• Provision of Hostel accommodation for single; minimum 25% as site and Services and 45% housing up to 2 rooms dwellings for about 1 lakh LIG families

• Infrastructure up gradation in 44 resettlement colonies and provisions of income earning opportunities within or proximity of resettlement colonies

• Provision of slum housing for 49000 families

Industrial use • Industrial area redevelopment scheme for Anand Parbhat (Light

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Constituent

Area Proposed Strategy

Industrial Area); Shahdara (Light Industrial Area) and Shampur Badli (Extensive Industrial Area)

• Provision of 16 new light industrial areas (Total area of 1533 ha) was to be developed in urban industrial extensions (UIE). Each UIE upto 5 units of about 20 ha.

Recreational Area

• Provision of 1.6 km wide green belt beyond urbanisable limits

• Provision of Divisional sport centres-7nos; District level children parks-11nos; Development of lakes-2nos

Plan for Rural Delhi

• Five villages were identified as higher order growth centre-Bakhtwarpur; Bawana; Jharoda Kalan; Dhansa and Chawala. Six villages were identified as lower order growth centre- Jagatpur;

Ghogha; Qutab Garh; Jaunti; Mitron; Gommanhera

• Environment improvement of 120 villages and development of 11 central villages

Channelisation of River Yamuna

• Development of river front considering all ecological and scientific aspects as project of special significance for city

Table 5.16: Proposed Wholesale & Specialized Markets (2001)

Market Proposed Location Area in

Hectare A. MARKET WITH WAREHOUSING

Textile &

Textile Products Patparganj in east; Madanpur Khadar & Urban Extension in South; Urban Extension in South West 70 Auto, Motor

Part &

Machinery

Patparganj in east; Urban Extension in South; Urban

Extension in South West 43

Fruit and Vegetable

Market

Loni Road in east; Madanpur Khader & Urban Extension

in South; Urban Extension in South West 53 Hardware and

Building Material

Patparganj & Loni Road in east; Madanpur Khader &

Urban Extension in South; Urban Extension in South

West 53

Iron and Steel Patparganj in east; Madanpur Khader & Urban Extension in South; Urban Extension in South West 25 Food Grain Patparganj in east; Madanpur Khader in South;

Nazafgarh in South West 32

Timber Patparganj & Loni Road in east; Madanpur Khader &

Urban Extension in South; Urban Extension in South West

112 Plastic Leather

and PVC Patparganj in east and Urban Extension in South West 19 Relocation of

Junk Market Patparganj in east 4

Truck Terminal Patparganj in east; Madanpur Khader & Urban Extension in South; Najafgarh & Urban Extension in South West

219

Regional cum local Markets

Sub-CBD (Shahdara); Okhla; Rohtak Road District Centre; Shivaji Place District Centre in North; Wazirpur District Centre; Rohini District Centre; Markets of 8-10hectare in each urban extension and fodder markets was to be developed in the rural areas

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Market Proposed Location Area in

Hectare Integrated

Freight Complex

Madanpur Khadar (NH-2); Patparganj (NH-24); GT Road

(NH-1) and Bharthal (NH-8) -

Source: Compiled from Master Plan of Delhi-1981-01

• Review of Master Plan Proposals (1981-01)

Proposals which have not been completed as per the directions of the Master Plan are presented below:

o As proposed the enhancement of existing CBD in MPD-01 did not take place.

Connaught place & its extension, and commercial areas in the walled city and its extension continue to function as CBD with all the associated problem of parking and traffic congestion etc.

o District centres at Jhanakpuri; Laxminagar and Shivaji palace are still in process of development

o As per MPD-01, all non-conforming uses were to be shifted in stages to the conforming areas but no areas with non-conforming uses were shifted out.

o No provision of Hostel accommodation for single workers; or minimum 25%

as site and Services and 45% housing up to 2 rooms dwellings for about 1 lakh LIG families were made up to 2001

o Only 1 integrated freight complex at Gazipur is in development stage against the 4 proposed in MPD-01.