RAMBAN, APRIL 29: The District Administration Ramban is in the process of formulating a GIS-based Master Plan for Ramban and Banihal Townships envisaging planned urban development and sustainable infrastructure growth.
The draft for the plan was reviewed at a meeting held today under the directions of Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Alyas Khan. Chief Planning Officer Dr. Shakeeb Ahmed Rather; DFO Anil V. John; CEO Municipal Council Ramban Sudershan Jamwal; Executive Officer Municipal Committee Banihal Ishan, besides revenue officers and officials of stakeholder departments attended the meeting.
Domain experts associated with the project, including Dr. Ashfaque Alam, Team Lead for Urban and Regional Planning- Land Management and Governance and Dr. Mayank Dubey, Deputy Team Lead for Urban Mobility and Infrastructure Planning, delivered a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the proposed master plan and sought comments and suggestions from the stakeholder departments.
The presentation covered key aspects of the plan, including the base map of the planning area, demographic and socio-economic overview, planning methodology, survey framework, ground-truthing survey conducted by Sankalan, primary and household surveys, traffic count survey, secondary data collection, objectives and scope of the master plan and geo-referencing challenges.
Detailed discussions were held on the urban planning issues concerning the twin towns, including infrastructure requirements, traffic management, land use planning and civic amenities.
The domain experts also apprised the participants about further course of action for formulation of the final master plan for the Highway Towns. Suggestions and observations conveyed on behalf of the Deputy Commissioner, along with inputs from stakeholder departments, were noted by the concerned experts for incorporation in the final draft.
The meeting emphasized the importance of a comprehensive and practical planning framework to facilitate systematic urban expansion and improved governance in both towns of the district.
