NCR to get 14 new townships
Source: Yahoo.com : Jan 14,2008 (http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080114/r_t_ht_nl_general/tnl-ncr-to-get-14-new-townships-7244580.html)
THE HARYANA government has adopted the detailed project report (DPR) submitted by a private consultancy firm that proposed 14 new townships in its NCR towns namely Gurgaon, Faridabad, Jhajjar, Mewat and Sonepat. The firm Scot Wilson has proposed to develop new cities on the lines of world's most modern cities including Shanghai, Bangkok, New York, Suncity and Singapore.
These cities, which include about half-a-dozen theme cities also, are in addition to the proposed Industrial Model Townships (IMTs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). All the proposed townships fall in the Global Corridor that the Haryana Government is developing in 62,000 hectares of land all along the 135 km long KMP Expressway to absorb projected population boom.
The expressway is meandering through Gurgaon (Manesar), Faridabad (Palwal), Sonepat (Pawal) and Mewat. "We have adopted the revised report submitted by Scot Wilson with minor changes and would be incorporating it in our development plans in the constituent districts of NCR.
The department of town and country planning has initiated the process of notifying the area to freeze land use in the entire area which we are developing as Global Corridor," M.L.
Tayal, principal secretary to the Haryana Government, told Hindustan Times. The study has proposed to float theme cities such as Cyber City, Biotech City, Fashion City, Medicity, Knowledge City, Leisure and amp; Entertainment City, Education City, World Trade and amp; Financial City and Inland Container Depot and amp; Dry Port.
The Cyber City is proposed to come up at the intersection of KMP Expressway and NH 10, Fashion City near Nuh in Mewat, Knowledge City at the intersection of KMP and NH-1, Leisure and amp; Entertainment City near Damdama Lake near Sohna in Gurgaon and Dry Post near intersection of KMP and NH-2. Medi city and Bio-Science City are likely to come up near newly proposed township Sampla in Jhajjar.
Other cities proposed to be developed included Sampla and Badli in Jhajjar district, Kharkhoda in Sonepat and Sohna in Gurgaon. The state level committee of Town and Country Planning Department led by the Haryana Chief Minister had recently approved development plans of Sampla and Sohna which are to be developed at the last measuring 7,180 hectares and 3,475 hectares, respectively.
These cities, which include about half-a-dozen theme cities also, are in addition to the proposed Industrial Model Townships (IMTs) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). All the proposed townships fall in the Global Corridor that the Haryana Government is developing in 62,000 hectares of land all along the 135 km long KMP Expressway to absorb projected population boom.
The expressway is meandering through Gurgaon (Manesar), Faridabad (Palwal), Sonepat (Pawal) and Mewat. "We have adopted the revised report submitted by Scot Wilson with minor changes and would be incorporating it in our development plans in the constituent districts of NCR.
The department of town and country planning has initiated the process of notifying the area to freeze land use in the entire area which we are developing as Global Corridor," M.L.
Tayal, principal secretary to the Haryana Government, told Hindustan Times. The study has proposed to float theme cities such as Cyber City, Biotech City, Fashion City, Medicity, Knowledge City, Leisure and amp; Entertainment City, Education City, World Trade and amp; Financial City and Inland Container Depot and amp; Dry Port.
The Cyber City is proposed to come up at the intersection of KMP Expressway and NH 10, Fashion City near Nuh in Mewat, Knowledge City at the intersection of KMP and NH-1, Leisure and amp; Entertainment City near Damdama Lake near Sohna in Gurgaon and Dry Post near intersection of KMP and NH-2. Medi city and Bio-Science City are likely to come up near newly proposed township Sampla in Jhajjar.
Other cities proposed to be developed included Sampla and Badli in Jhajjar district, Kharkhoda in Sonepat and Sohna in Gurgaon. The state level committee of Town and Country Planning Department led by the Haryana Chief Minister had recently approved development plans of Sampla and Sohna which are to be developed at the last measuring 7,180 hectares and 3,475 hectares, respectively.