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BDA Set To Implement Odisha’s First Ever Town Planning Scheme To Make Bhubaneswar Future-Ready 187
Bhubaneswar: With an aim to manage urban expansion and to improve socio-economic activities through a structured and modern process by ensuring that land use planning is integrated with service provision in the Capital City’s expanding peripheries, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), for the first time in Odisha, is all set to implement the state’s first ever Town Planning Scheme (TPS), through land pooling – a viable alternative to land acquisition – to bring well planned and sustainable urban development in the Bhubaneswar Development Plan Area.
Rainwater harvesting at Biju Patnaik Park
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Patnaik Park here became the first park in the city to adopt land-based Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) system on its premises.
Observing the constant water-logging and flooding in state capital, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) had proposed to install RWH system in the park in January this year. Constructed at a cost of Rs 11 lakh, the RWH structure has about nine recharge pits spreading over 22 acres.
“The purpose of putting up rainwater harvesting structures in parks is to recharge the groundwater. Usually, a huge quantity of rainwater goes into drains and wasted. With little planning and expenditure, we can easily stop the waste of this precious resource and use it for recharging the groundwater on a massive scale,” said BDA Chief Engineer Rajendra Kumar Nayak.
Biju Patnaik Park In Bhubaneswar 1st To Have Rain Water Harvesting System 138
Bhubaneswar: Laying emphasis on water conservation and ground water recharge in the state capital Bhubaneswar amid the unpredictable weather conditions, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has constructed the Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) system in the Biju Patnaik Park, popularly known as the ‘Forest park’.
This is the first park in the city to have this facility which can greatly help in reducing waterlogging and flooding by ensuring that rainwater goes into the ground quickly to avoid groundwater depletion.
The RWH structure in the Biju Patnaik Park is a land-based system, and there is a total of nine recharge pits were constructed at appropriate locations in the park, which spreads over an area of 22 acres of land.
Ekamra Kshetra Land Acquisition To Be Completed By End of December 69
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) have started initiating the process to make ‘Ekamra Kshetra’, the abode of Lord Lingaraj and heritage hub of the Temple City beggar-free on a priority basis.
The move is a part of the beautification and developmental work of the state government’s Ekamra Kshetra Amenities and Monumental Revival Action (EKAMRA) Plan.
Efforts are on to rehabilitate the beggars or destitute roaming around the temple by providing livelihood support and to bring them to the mainstream under the ‘Sahaya’ scheme of the Odisha government.