Bhubaneswar Development Authority adds 351 more villages to its jurisdiction
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Khordha, Odisha govt. action, Puri July 19th. 2011, 3:44pmUpdate: The complete list of the 351 villages is given below.
The villages mentioned in the three articles below are:
North: Bada Tulsipur, Barabati, Bhagda, Chakradharpur, Paikasahi, Paikirapur, Ramdaspur, Sanatulsipur, Talbast
East: Aampada, Aradiapada, Danahara, Dorabhanga, Kulatira gaon, Mahidharapada, Majhihaar, Mukund, Saheb nagar, Taraboi.
South: Aanlajodi, Basantpur, Bijipur, Chhatrama, Mahatapalla, Mukundpur hata, Sonapada
West: Baudatangi, Baulapatna, Dadhimachhagadia, Kapileshwarpur, Pangarsingha, Somanathpur, Swapneswarpur, Talagada
NACs: Jatani, Khurda, Pipli.
Following are excerpts from a report in Telegraph.
Bhubaneswar Development Authority’s jurisdiction has increased from 419sqkm to almost 1,000sqkm with 351 more villages being brought under its fold.
At a decision taken on Saturday, places such as Pipili and Delanga will come under the jurisdiction of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). With this, the total number of villages under the authority’s fold has gone up from 205 to 556.
… Therefore, they were struck off the list. The new additions will have 263 villages from Khurda and 88 from Puri district.
… Sources said earlier the developmental drive had been largely restricted to the Phulanakhara-Khurda stretch. However, with the expansion of the surrounding areas, the development zone would form a circle like structure.
While in north, it would include villages such as, Bhagda, Paikirapur, Barbati and Talabast, in south, it would have Chhatrama, Bijipur and Mukundpur.
Likewise in the east it would have Dorabanga, Danahara and Saheb Nagar while Dadhimachh Gadia, Somanathpur and Talagada in the west.
Planning member of the BDA Prashant Kumar Patnaik said: “Immediately we will go for a comprehensive development plan of the newly included area.
Following are from Sambada and Samaja:
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July 20th, 2011 at 2:57 am
Good idea. But this should be applied to other cities of the state as well. In 2008 the state Govt through a Gazette notification announced the merger of 26 villages with Berhampur Municipal Corporation and recently the same state govt has decided to conduct Panchayat elections in all these villages. This will not only hamper planned development of Berhampur city but more than 1 lakh people will be denied of basic urban services. While around 100 villages and 3 NACs are considered part of Greater Berhampur, going back on the merger of 26 villages is extremely callous. Here is a detailed news:
Merger of 26 villages with Berhampur sought
The South Orissa Students’ Association has demanded that the State government merge 26 periphery villages with Berhampur Municipal Corporation early for development of the city.
Berhampur was elevated to a Municipal Corporation in December 2008. As per the gazette notification, the boundary of the new Municipal Corporation was to include 26 villages of 14 panchayats. But till now these villages have not become part of the BMC.
Even during the process of census this year these villages were excluded from the population figures of Berhampur city. Recently, notification has been issued regarding reservation of seats for panchayat polls in 2012. These 14 panchayats which are proposed to be part of the BMC are also in the list, which indicates that till now no steps have been initiated for their merger with the BMC. The SOSA has written to the Chief Minister seeking merger of the villages.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article2261553.ece
July 22nd, 2011 at 12:06 am
The extra villages have only been included for the time being in BDA and not under BMC. This, as I understand it, is to control the growth of these areas and their seamless induction into proper Bhubaneswar city. The area under BMC is still not that large. The only difference now is these areas will come under the rules and regulations of the BDA. The BMC is still not responsible for any of the amenities, like sanitation drainage roads etc.
I think there will be political compulsions in integrating periphery villages, both in the capital and other towns. Not to mention the massive amount of money that will be required to implement municipal services would require a massive expansion of the BMC itself, which already complains of being under-staffed to manage the ever-growing capital city.