Development Plan

OBJECTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Development objectives set for the ULB for Land Use Development Plan at ULB-wide scale Land is the scarcest resource and the most important natural resource in an old municipality like Diamond Harbour. The relevance of land use planning thus assumes all the more significance due to increasing pressure of urbanisation. The land use planning was thus to regulate the use of land to prevent misuse, overuse and its abuse. Thus land use planning was geared to meeting the consumption needs of growing population by efficient utilisation of the resource, by identifying the prospective uses of land, conservation and development of land and devising suitable regulatory control over development.

Making land available

• Periodic cutting & clearing of bushes and removal of debris
• Up gradation of existing Land use map.
• Preparation of urban development master plan with tourism development plan
• Identification & procurement of land for setting up eco-tourism hub
• Enhancement and extension of green cover in the ULB.
• Disseminating environment education to the community and making them aware of the environmental issues in the ULB.
• Spread awareness about community participation in environmental risk management.
• Conservation and restoration of built heritage and emphasis on improving the cultural environment of a ULB.
• Disaster preparedness to deal with unforeseen calamities and avoid dangerous consequences of a disaster.

Development of municipal owned land

• Environmental Awareness Programmes for citizens
• Restoration of water bodies / ponds for pisciculture
• Development of parks & play grounds in all wards
• Development of parking zone.
• Maintenance of heritage structures
• Development of non conventional energy park
• Construction of swimming pool and gymnasium park from MF / PPP
• Development of tourist cottages through PPP and existing land owners
• Beautification of the township by setting up fountains and statues, improving river bank, and landscaping

Regulatory controls on development of area under the jurisdiction of the ULB.

• Land Use and Development Monitoring Cell
• Development of children' amusement park at Rabindra Kanan along Hooghly river