Nagpur: Standing committee chairperson Shivani Dani-Wakhare on Monday directed the civic administration to initiate the process of establishing a dedicated planning cell in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), stating that the lack of a specialised planning department was affecting the timely execution of several civic projects.
The housing complex will comprise 14 buildings on a 11,109.629 sqm plot and has been awarded to M/s Sandeep Developers Pvt Ltd.
Addressing reporters after the standing committee meeting, Dani-Wakhare said a special planning cell was the need of the hour to ensure systematic planning and better implementation of development works. “Today, I have directed additional municipal commissioners to start preparations for forming a special planning cell,” she said. Executive engineer Sunil Uike said the project would be the first in the state where an urban local body implements an entire housing scheme using TDR as the payment mechanism.
Citing the proposal to distribute house T-shirts to municipal school students, she questioned why the process was being taken up when only five months of the academic session remained.
The standing committee approved a Rs 91.45-crore project under which NMC will facilitate the construction of 392 flats for sanitation workers at Mouza Nari through a public-private partnership (PPP) model. The developer had sought 10% advance TDR to arrange funds for construction and procure materials, including nearly 485 metric tonnes of steel required for the project. However, the civic administration approved only 7% advance TDR, equivalent to 6,014 sqm, while the remaining entitlement will be released in phases linked to construction milestones. the remaining land has been earmarked for the new project While 544 houses have already been built under the scheme. The standing committee also approved an additional Rs 1.28 crore to augment sewage treatment capacity by 200 KLD for the housing complex, as the area lacks a trunk sewerage network.
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