MASTER PLAN DETAILS

MASTER PLAN
Samirsinh P. Parmar
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad
Mail: spp.cl@ddu.ac.in, samirddu@gmail.com
CL-410, TOWN PLANNING, SPP-CL, DOCL, FOT, DDU NADIAD. 1
CL-410: Town Planning
Lecture-11

Content of the presentation
• Definition
• Objects of Master plan
• Necessity of master plan
• Data to be collected
• Drawings to be prepared
• Features of master plan
• Planning Standards

MASTER PLAN:
• A master plan or a development plan or a town plan may be defined as
a general plan for the future layout of a city showing both the existing
and proposed streets or roads, open spaces, public buildings etc.
• A master plan is prepared either for improvement of an old city or for a
new town to be developed on a virgin soil.
• A master plan is a blueprint for the future.
• It is an comprehensive document, long-range in its view, that is intended
to guide development in the township for the next 10 to 20 years.

OBJECTS OF MASTER PLAN
 It aims at intelligent and economic spending of the public funds
for achieving welfare of the inhabitants in respect of amenity,
convenience and health.
 It arranges the pattern of a town in such a way so as to satisfy
the present requirements without introduction of future
improvements by the coming generations.
 It helps in restricting the haphazard and unplanned growth.

 It places various functions which a town has to perform in physical
relationship of each other so as to avoid the chances of mutual conflict.
 It removes the defects of unco-ordinated physical growth of the various
components of town due to the fact that it considers the entire city area
or town as planning and development entity.
 It serves as a guide to the planning body for making any
recommendations for public improvement.
OBJECTS OF MASTER PLAN

NECESSITY OF MASTER PLAN
Followings are the reasons which have lead to the thinking
of having a master plan for the town:
 To control the development of various industries in a
systematic way.
 To discourage the growth of town in an unplanned and
unscientific way.
 To give a perspective picture of a fully developed town.

NECESSITY OF MASTER PLAN
 To limit to a certain extent the unprecedented flow of
rural population to the urban area.
 To offset the evils which have come up due to over-
crowding of population such as acute shortage of
houses, traffic congestion, inadequate open spaces
and insufficiency in public amenities; etc.

DATA TO BE COLLECTED
The data required for the preparation of a master plan of a
town can be listed as follows:
 Details of trades and industries.
 Development of the airports.
 Economic condition of the authority.
 Environments of the site.
 Facilities of the transport.
 Geological condition of the site.
 Land values and land use pattern.
 Locations of spots of natural beauty.

 Locations of the water supply unit.
 Meteorological details such as intensity and direction of wind,
temperature, rainfall etc;
 Mineral resources.
 Places of historic origin.
 Political condition of the surrounding area.
 Population.
 Requirements for railway stations, goods yards and shipping
facilities.
 Special requirements for power houses, gas works, sewage
disposal plant and storm water drainage etc.
DATA TO BE COLLECTED

DRAWINGs TO BE PREPARED
To give graphical representation to various ideas and proposals
contained in the master plan of a town , various maps and drawings
are to be prepared. These are-
1. Boundaries of land of different types such as residential,
agricultural, industrial etc.
2. Boundary of green belt surrounding the town.
3. Contours of the whole city.
4. Different zones
5. Landscape features
6. Locations of the public buildings and town centers.

7. Open spaces including parks and playgrounds.
8. Positions of the natural springs, rivers and streams.
9. Position of the public utility services such as water supply station,
sewage disposal plant, power plant etc
10. Road system etc.
DRAWINGs TO BE PREPARED

FEATURES OF MASTER PLAN
The features to be included in a master of a town can be listed
as follows:
 Convenience and cheap means of transport.
 Good sanitation and water supply.
 Open air spaces.
 Population density control.
 Proper situations for places of worship, education and
recreation.
 Rational layout.
 Width of roads etc.

PLANNING STANDARDS
The planning standards are fixed for various types of uses such as:
 Educational facilities such as primary school, high school and college.
 Medical facilities such as dispensary, health center and hospital.
 Shopping facilities such as departmental stores, shops etc.
 Miscellaneous amenities such as burial ground, crematorium, cinema,
auditorium, stadium, petrol filling cum service station, police station, post
office, fire station, library, community hall, telephone exchange etc.
 Width of roads such as village roads, state roads, national highway etc.
 Development of land for the construction of buildings in the form of
various buildings byelaws etc.

Sample master Plans

REFERENCE
(1)Town Planning by S.C. Rangwala

Master Plan
of
Gandhinagar,
Gujarat, India
A Case Study

LOCATED 23 KM NORTH OF AHEMDABAD PLANNED IN 1960s BY PRAKASH M APTE &H. K. MEWADA
Gandhinagar
 Gandhinagar district is an administrative division of Gujarat, India, whose headquarters are at Gandhinagar,
the state capital.
 It was organized in 1964.
 Gandhinagar is located in central Gujarat, vadodra and Ahemdabad are located in the north.
 It is a planned city situated on the Ahmedabad- Vadodara highway, Gandhinagar is the commercial heart of
Gujarat and western India.
 Gandhinagar is being developed as infocity.
 AREA:
 It has an area of 649 km², and a population of 13,34,455(13LAKHS)
 DENSITY:
 660 inhabitants per square kilometer

CHARACTER OF THE CITY
• Infocity
• Gandhinagar has many educational institutions like DhirubhaiAmbani Institute of ICT,
EDI, Indian Plasma Research Institute, and Gujarat Law University.
• Gandhinagar's Education level is highest in Gujarat, 87.11% all over the Gujarat.
• S ECTORS
• Gandhinagar has 30 sectors which are of 1 km x .75 km each in length and width.
• Each sector has a primary school, a secondary school, a higher
secondary school, a medical dispensary, a shopping centre and a
maintenance office.
• Gandhinagar is developed on the neighborhood concept.
S TREETS
• Gandhinagar's streets are numbered (eg. road no. 1, road
no. 2 up to road no. 7)
• Cross streets named for letters of the Gujarati alphabet (e.g., "k",
"kh", "g", "gh", "ch", "chh", "j")
• All streets are aligned at 30 deg. n-w and 60 deg. n-e,
• to avoid direct glare of morning and evening sun while driving
• The Gujarat assembly building is in the centre of the city to make it
close to all the residents

DEPARTMENTS WORKING IN GANDHINAGAR AND WHAT THEY DO:
•ROADS AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT(GOV of GUJARAT:
Work and Working system :-
The Town planning section of this office deals only with the Town Planning for Gandhinagar City and the
peripheral area of the city. The office deals with following activities.
 Preparing master plan of the city and areas outside.
 Preparing layout of major roads and rail lines in the region.
 Preparing layouts for residential area.
 Preparing Layouts for Commercial areas.
 Preparing Layout for Industrial areas.
 Preparing layouts for special buildings such as Capital complex, Town hall and other public buildings.
 Preparing layouts landscaping of public buildings, parks and other public areas.
 Guidance in policy regarding allotment of land.
 Guidance for size of plot and land price in allotment of land.
 Suggesting plots for auction for various uses along with base price.
 Preparing of Building Byelaws for the city and the peripheral areas.
 Suggesting Changes in the Byelaws from time to time.
 Permission for construction and completion of buildings as per the Bye-laws.
 Technical approval under the periphery Control Act 1960 for change of use (Section-11) as well
 as to start construction under section 5/6 of the above Act.

•GUDA(GANDHINAGAR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY):-one that drafts
all the Tp schemes and implements them
•Started on 12-3-96 by Govt. of Gujarat.
•The prime objective of the GUDA's formation was to carry out the
sustained planned development of the area failing outside the periphery of
Gandhinagar Notified Area.
1.With a view to ensure well planned development of Gandhinagar capital city
and 39 villages admeasuring area of 388 sq km.
•The important functions of the Authority include the preparation of Development plan for the
Gandhinagar Urban Agglomeration,
-to prepare the draft Town Planning Schemes,
-to implement the revised Town Planning Schemes and
-to monitor and control the development activities in accordance with the Revised
Development Plan.

•Besides, it is also responsible for the development of the infrastructures like road,
sewerage, water supply and other basic civic amenities.
MEMBERS:
1. •Hon. Chairman
2. •Secretary, R & B Department
3. •Collector, Gandhinagar District
4. •Chief Town Planner, Gujarat State (ex-officio member)
5. •M.D., GUDC, Gandhinagar, (Invited Member)
6. •Deputy Secretary, Urban Development Department
7. •M.L.A. of Gandhinagar, (Invited Member)
8. •President, Gandhinagar District Panchayat (ex-officio member)
9. •Financial Advisor, F.D. (Invited Member)
10.•C.E.A., AUDA, (Invited Member)
11.•C.E.A., GUDA, (Member Secretary)

• Planned as the administrative capital of the state, the current and
future population employed in state government offices was
distributed in 30 residential sectors around the State Assembly-
Secretariat complex. Each residential sector could accommodate
about 50% of population, and was intended to house the half of
the population employed by the government.
• Plots on the periphery of each sector are meant for private and
supporting population that constitutes the remaining 50%.
• The city was planned for a population of 150,000 but can
accommodate double that population with increase in the floor
space ratio from 1 to 2 in the areas reserved for private
development.
• The river being the border on the east, and the industrial area to
the North, the most logical future physical expansion of the city
was envisaged towards the north-west.
Planning

• To establish and maintain a separate
identity for the new city, the surrounding
area of about 39 villages was brought
under a Periphery Control Act (as in
Chandigarh) that permitted new
development of farm houses only.
• The area later constituted a separate
administrative district of Gandhinagar.
• The city was planned for a population
of 150,000 but can accommodate
double that
population with increase in the floor
space ratio from 1 to 2 in the areas
reserved for private development.
• The river being the border on the east,
and the industrial area to the North, the
most logical future physical expansion of
the city was envisaged towards the
north- west.

• Due to a constant military
confrontation with Pakistan, whose
borders are close from the city, a
large military presence was required
here. The land acquired on the
eastern bank, adjacent to National
Highway no.8, was therefore allotted
to the Border Security force and
military cantonment.
• Considering the mostly south- west
to north-east wind direction, the land
to the north of the city was allotted for
the then biggest thermal power
station and the adjacent areas were
zoned for industrial use. This area
was distanced from the township by a
2000 ft. wide green strip of thick
vegetation..

Gandhinagar Master Plan

FSI:
RESIDENTIAL:
• Ahmedabad is currently the real estate hot-spot in Gujarat, followed by
Surat and Vadodara.
• The FSI fixed by the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) in
R-2 zones (city outskirts) is 1.2 and in R-1 zone, it is 1.8. allowing
uniform free FSI of 1.8, barring the state capital of Gandhinagar
COMMERCIAL:
• Earlier:2.8 now allowing up to 4 FSI. “Under the ‘ease of doing business’
housing and slum redevelopment, under which it will give over 3.0 FSI

Area of Sector: 75.70 hectare
Ground coverage: 13.08 hectare (16.65%)
Open Area: 59.28 hectare (78.30%)
Roads:
Primary Area: 9.82 hectare
Secondary Area: 3.12 hectare

LINKAGES AND CONNECTIVITY:
• National highway (nh) 8 and 8c runs through
the district connecting it with major cities (20
km from city)
• Connected with Ahmedabad by the Sarkhej-
Gandhinagar highway (28 km) and with
Vadodara by the Ahmedabad- Vadodara
expressway (139 km)
• Distance from major industrial centres in the
state:
• Rajkot (249 km)
• Jamnagar (337 km) o
• Valsad (373 km)
• Ankleshwar (223 km)
• Bhavnagar (228 km)
• Mehsana (68 km)
• S urat (306 km)
•Distance from major cities in India:
 Mumbai (573 km)
 Delhi (943 km)
 Kolkata (1952 km)
 Chennai (1854 km)

• Consciously designed and planned
axially based on egalitarian and
Gandhian ethos.
• The re-planning of Gandhinagar by
the Consultants of Gandhinagar
Urban Development Authority
(GUDA) has obliterated its identity
as a capital city.
• Unbridled capitalism has led to its
debasement and inorganic
extension resulting in Gandhinagar
becoming just another suburb of
Ahmedabad.
Comparison between the original and the new plan

THE NEW PLAN (2002) :
The consultants recently appointed by GUDA have ignored that history and want the
expansion of the city to take place to the south.
• A southward expansion proposed by the consultants will merge it with Ahmedabad and finally
become its suburb, destroying its separate identity.
• This extension to the south has completely destroyed the plan's most important concept, the
central vista (Road no.4). It focuses on the capitol complex, and was
naturally to be extended to the north-west maintaining the axis, expanding the city
physically in that direction.
• Over 6000 acres of green cover to the south west of the city
has been designated for residential use in an attempt to join
with the city of Ahmedabad. All this land, when developed can
accommodate a population of over 600,000. The consultants
thus seek to destroy the identity of the new capital city and
make it a suburb of Ahmedabad.
• The "Gamthan" (built up land in a village) areas of 7 villages just
abutting the city limits of Gandhinagar are increased arbitrarily
(much beyond their natural growth requirements) to allow private
residential development.

DISMANTLING OF IMPORTANT URBAN DESIGN FEATURES
• A major Area for cultural facilities, in the city square in sector 17 of the city centre is proposed to be
converted to commercial use, killing Gujarat's traditional concept of a 'city square' & destroying a major
element of 'urban design' of the new capital city.
• An area along J road (along the river Sabarmati) across sector 9 covered by ravines, was proposed
for conservation as an adventure park. It is now designated by the consultants for residential taking
away a unique recreational facility.
• The open spaces at the junctions of all main roads of the city, left open in the original plan to improve
road geometrics in future, ornamental landscaping, road signage, guide maps etc. are proposed to be
filled up with roadside petty shops & hutments for the immigrants giving the city a slum like look.

GANDHINAGAR MASTER PLAN 2026
Gandhi Nagar Master Plan 2026 provides the framework for rationalizing the orderly
movement of traffic and transportation within the city and defines the area for laying down net-
work of various services.
The plan is used for promoting integrated development of the urban centre by rationalizing its
pattern of land use and their interrelationship.
It also defines the strategies and solutions for overcoming the existing problems of the
urban centres and to overcome its infrastructural and service related inadequacies.
In addition, it provides options for accommodating the future addition to population which is
likely to come to the urban centre due to natural growth and migration.
Master Plan acts as a tool for determining the infrastructural cost which would be required to
make the city sustainable.
The plans offer futuristic solutions by laying down agenda for its growth and
development.

New schemes in gandhinagar:
•Metro between Gandhinagar and Ahemdabad:
•GIFT city : It's full form is "Gujarat International
Finance Tec-City" .
•This place is 12 KM from the Ahmedabad International Airport and 8
KM from Gandhinagar. It is a Global Financial Hub.
To develop and implement the project, Gujarat Urban Development
Company Limited (GUDCOL) and
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) have established a Joint
Venture Company, "Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited"
(GIFTCL).
The estimated cost of the entire project is Rs. 70,000 crore (700 billion Rs).
Its main purpose is to provide high quality physical infrastructure (electricity, water, gas, district cooling,
roads, telecoms and broadband), so that finance and tech firms can relocate their operations there from
Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon etc.

Gandhinagar- Mahatma Mandir

Central Park

Gujarat Vidhan Sabha

Green Space
Green traffic Islands
Trees on Curbs and Road dividers

Large traffic Island Traffic Signals not required

Akshardham Religious and Recreation Place !

GSDMA
Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
Institute of Seismological Research

PDPU, Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar
Brain child- Prof. S.K.Jain

Gift City

New Railway Station and transport Hub
http://irsdc.in/site-progress-photographs-0

Road Network- Gandhinagar

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