Porvorim (Goa) The transferable development rights ( TDR) scheme, which will be going to be the base for drafting Regional plan 2030, will be ready within six months, Minister for Town and Country planning (TCP) Vijai Sardessai told State Legislative Assembly.
Minister said that till TDR is ready, the TCP Board will accept the applications that are in public interest, for zonal changes, on case to case basis before end of this year.
Sardessai said that the RP 2030 will be drafted with TDR as its backbone, which aims to protect the eco sensitive zones and create exchange of developmental rights.
Minister said that TDR policy will be in place within next six month.
“But till we start the process to draft the plan, we will allow TCP Board to consider all those applications which are in public interest and uttermost important, on case to case basis for zonal changes,” he said adding that there would be no conversion of eco sensitive zone.
Minister said that by end of the ongoing assembly session, necessary amendment to the town and country plan (TCP) Act will be introduced to facilitate the case to case basis zonal changes.
Sardessai said that henceforth, construction can happen only with the land property title and TDR. “Every property in Goa will have a development right assigned to it. We have to demarcate it like salt pan, khazna land, hill slopes, etc. It is not an overnight job,” he said.
“TDR will be assigned to all land. In case salt pan, khazan land, hill slope, agriculture, forest, I intend to give double the development right,” he said.
Minister claims that with TDR, there would be less protests and it would be easy for the government to finalise the RP-2030.
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