theprint.in-High-level panel on urban planning recommends city-specific councils, empowering district authorities
Setting up city-level economic development councils (CEDC) to leverage economic potential of cities, empowering district authorities to check on urban sprawl and planning for rural to urban transition are among the key recommendations of the Centre-appointed high-level committee on urban planning, ThePrint has learnt.
The committee—setup by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) in 2022 to recommend urban planning reforms—submitted its second report, ‘Pathways to Amrit Kaal: Envision and realizing a new future for Indian cities’, to the ministry last month.
In its 186-page report, it has recommended a slew of measures, including amendments to central and state legislations, and to strengthen the urban planning framework and address the issue of unregulated development in urban and peri-urban areas.
