Mangalore needs Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) scheme : Palemar

Mangalore needs Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) scheme : Palemar

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, September 7: Krishna J Palemar, Minister for Ecology, Environment, Port and Inland water Transport, Government of Karnataka inaugurated the workshop on Development Rights and Transferable Development Rights (DR/TDR) organised by Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), Mangalore Chapter at Ocean Pearl Hotel on Tuesday, September 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“In a fast growing city like Mangalore needs Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) policy” said Krishna Palemar, the district in-charge minister after inaugurating the workshop.

“As such the city roads are very narrow and traffic congestion is day today problem in Mangalore. The district administration has already taken up road widening in many areas of the city. Implementing TDR will help both land owner and builders at the same time facilitate city development. People have to be taken into confidence and convince them about benefits of TDR” he added. The Karnataka government is taking steps to re-consider implementing the most talked about Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) scheme said the Minister.

As the first step in that direction, the CREDAI has taken initiative in organising the workshop on TDR along with District administration, MUDA and MCC. The purpose of the September 7 workshop and the high-level committee is to gauge the public opinion on TDR and road widening proposals.

It may be recalled that the state government had proposed the TDR scheme to citizens who will lose their properties due to road-widening. The scheme offers compensations through payments or through provision of FAS rights. But past experiences indicated that in most cases such citizens were either paid inadequate compensation or provided undervalued properties elsewhere in the city. This had led to anxiety among the residents set to lose their properties and a series of campaigns in Bangalore.

Now, the government has set up a high-level seven-member committee headed by A Ravindra, advisor to the CM on urban development, to study the TDR issue.

“In Bangalore people are opposing the TDR scheme; but in Mangalore, people are welcoming it. The Mangalore district commissioner, V. Ponnuraj has prepared a formula on TDR, and is being debated.

The TDR scheme is popular in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. People in Mangalore need no have any apprehension about the scheme” said Yogesh Bhat, Mangalore MLA.

 

In his welcome address, K C Naik, president of CREDAI, said that the Transferable Development Rights or TDR as it is better known, is a planning tool that has been successfully implemented in several cities, both in India and abroad. The primary intention or objective of TDR is to facilitate Urban Development. It also encourages individual citizens of the city to come forward and offer their land for the betterment of the city-which includes safer and wider roads, civic amenities, parks and other infrastructure needs of the city.

Madhava Bhandary, Chairman, MUDA, Dharmaraj, Architect, DB Mehta, member CREDAI were others spoke on the occasion.