Haryana cabinet likely to consider amendment in transit-oriented development policy

The Haryana cabinet on Monday is likely to consider an amendment in the transit-oriented development policy pertaining to permissible land use within the ToD zone for institutional sites. Internal community buildings include schools, health facilities, religious buildings, community centres; also, the policy already covers institutional zones, The proposed amendment appears to be controversial since there are not many institutional sites/internal community buildings in the state conforming to the norms prescribed in the proposed amendment. The proposed amendment The cabinet memorandum proposing an amendment by the TCP department said that in case of such sites earmarked for internal community buildings forming part of plotted colonies, which also fall in transit-oriented development zone, the benefit of the policy may be availed if the area of such internal community building is not less than four acres. ‘No explicit provision in ToD for institutional sites’ Justifying the proposed amendment, the TCP department in the cabinet memorandum said, “Since there are no explicit provisions for grant of ToD permission on the institutional sites/internal community buildings falling in other than public and semi-public institutional zone or area earmarked for institutions in the sectoral plans and forming part of the plotted colonies, HSVP residential sectors falling in the ToD zone and part of approved layout residential plan, the amendments are required to allow ToD benefit on such institutional sites.” Additional chief secretary, TCP, Devender Singh refused to comment on the implications of proposed amendment saying that the cabinet will take a call on it.