Abstract:
Land is one of the important resources of any country. The Government has to
acquire land from the private individuals for setting up various infrastructure and
other public purpose projects. Town Planning Scheme is the tool by which,
government can possesses the land for development.
But in past few months, issues related to land acquisition got lots of heat. Many
arguments and protest happened in our country related to illegal land acquisition.
As a result, a person in our country also starts taking interest in such issues, who
has no concern with all these.
This curiosity encouraged me to take the topic related with Town Planning
Scheme. Madhya Pradesh state has very vast area but rate of urban population
is comparatively very low. So, through Town Planning Scheme the fringe areas
can be developed and it becomes easy to manage the city growth.
In this thesis, A comparative analysis is done between Town Planning Scheme
sections in the Town Planning Act of various state. The study is undertaken for
five states: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh
as these states are actively participating in scheme preparation.
As an outcome of the analysis, modified guidelines and provisions for Madhya
Pradesh Town Planning Act can be applicable for specific Town Planning
Sections in the Act.
With thoughtful modifications in the enforcement procedure, it is possible to make
a model Town Planning Scheme. And it can easily applicable at rural as well as
urban level in Madhya Pradesh.
