UDHAMPUR

MASTER PLAN

SUBMITTED BY
ABHISHEK PALIT
131110231

MASTER PLAN
A Master Plan is the long term perspective plan for guiding the sustainable
planned development of the city.
Need of Udhampur Master Plan 2031
Town planning organization Jammu has taken up the preparation of
the Master Plan for Udhampur to address the infrastructure and
service delivery gaps in Udhampur and to make the growth and
development of Local Planning Area (L.P.A) rational.

Objectives of Master Plan of Udhampur Making city assessment and to suggest strategies for its economic
development.
Rationalization of land use and their interrelationships.
Minimizing haphazard & uncontrolled growth of city & to achieve
planned growth & development in order to provide healthy living
environment.
Framing mechanism/strategies for solving out the core area problems.
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UDHAMPUR
Geographical Area : : 8, 550 Sq
Km
Forest Area : : 2, 343 Sq Km
Udhampur L.P.A : : 6,545 Sq Km
(INCLUDES NEARBY VILLAGES
ALSO)
Population : : 2, 38, 965 persons
Literacy Rate : : 54.16% age
Number of Villages : : 645
Number of Villages Electrified : :
581
No. of Colleges : : 2

LOCATION
IN INDIA

Source :maps of india

VISION-2031
To develop Udhampur as the centre of trade and commerce having
excellence in educational facilities at the regional level
To strengthen its role as the destination of heritage and religious tourism.
To promote Udhampur as nerve centre of eco-tourism of North India
To project it as a hub of forest and mineral based industries and storage
centre for its product by providing high quality infrastructure to its
citizens in an inclusive and environmentally sustainable manner.

Mission
Statement

In order to achieve the objectives and goals enshrined in the vision

statement, mission statement for various focused areas has been
discussed in terms of Growth Management, Urban Environment,
Urban Services, Urban Poor etc.
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REGIONAL SETTING
In the outer hills and middle mountains of Chenab Valley, there are many
longitudinal valleys called Duns Udhampur is one typical example of this type of
valleys.
The town is situated at an elevation of about 6oo meters above main sea level.

This aspect is studied in order

to view the developments taking
place in Udhampur in regional
context and to evaluate the
Locational advantages and
disadvantages of the city of
Udhampur.
In the Master Plan, this aspect
would help in proposing the
activities that can be explored
based upon the regional potential
and linkages
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Base Map
prepared at a scale 1:5000;
contain physical and cultural features, roads, and existing
settlements.
prepared for entire Local Area/Planning Area for
implementation of periphery controls in the rural fringe for
harmonizing regional and urban growth at large.
prepared in suitable layers

Image Source Maps of India

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Growth pattern
The town is an agglomeration of small settlements presently
growing along the National Highway.
On looking at the existing city structure, it has been
observed that the city is expanding along major radials with
rapid developments along Bye pass leading to Jammu. And
the development along Dhar road and NH-44 is controlled
due the existence of defence along these roads.
The future urbanisable area required for 2031 has been
worked out and earmarked taking into consideration the
existing pattern of growth and direction of development. It
has been observed that major development has been linear
in character and is confined primarily along major transport
corridors.

Local planning area Udhampur

Master plan
While delineating the Local Planning Area of Udhampur the
following factors mentioned in RFP document:
a. Land use suitability analysis based on existing physical
thresholds, topography, land productivity and identification of
prime agricultural/horticulture areas
b. Assessment of areas of influence based on flow of goods
and services to and from the town;
c. Existing demographic profile of the town;
d. Existing tourist flows and projections for the horizon year
e. Population projections for the horizon year;
f. Assessment of land requirements for different uses as
prescribed in the UDPFI Guidelines applicable for hill towns.

Character of core city

It is dominated by retail , wholesale trade and
government offices like PHE , Electricity and
maintenance office , electrical , municipal council, DC
offices etc.
Above activities are increasing and net result is of such
of rich commercialization and change of land use has
adversely effected traffic movements in the core area.
even the pedestrian movement has been adversely
effected due to increase in the number of vehicles both
in private and commercial sector and their parking on
the narrow roads.

MAJOR CONTENTS

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Socio-ECONOMIC Background

The economic base is one of the important determinants

of proposed land use. This information forms the basis for
the formulation of future Master Plan and policies.
Population Growth of LPA, Udhampur

The growth rate of population of LPA Udhampur shows an

increasing trend during 1971 2001 and it has decreased slightly in the decade
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2001-2011
Note : Census for decade 1991 was not conducted.

Economy and Employment

Work force is more oriented towards the urban
activities than the rural activities.

Occupational structure :
Out of the total population
surveyed which is 804
38%
Inference : There is least
development of industrial
sector in Udhampur.

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Household survey Analysis

Categorized on the basis of

material used in the flooring,
superstructure and roof of each
house.
Inference :
Majority of Population is living in
permanent structures.

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PER CAPITA INCOME

The per capita income of the population will provide us
the economic status of the town and will provide us the
level of infrastructure demanded by the population.

495 Families surveyed

Inference :
The level of the town is
towards the higher MIG

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The prime objective of any Master Plan is to assess the present situation and
project the future population for plan period and accordingly calculate the
requirements of both physical and social infrastructure in order to cater to the
needs of such population. Projected Population for

Udhampur LPA
The future planning for preparation
of master plan is taken by assuming
MC. Udhampur shall rise to
population of about 122551 and total
LPA
(Including MCU, and villages) to
about 187000
Source : Draft Master Plan for Udhampur - 2031

Main Workers and Projected

Workforce Category Wise
The classification has been based
on the category wise employment
data available for it from the
census
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2001.

DETAIL QUANTUM OF LAND

REQUIRED
The land requirement for the projected population is
estimated, considering the density of 75 persons per
hectare. As per the UDPFI guideline the town falls in the
category of medium town.
Table : Land Requirement

Source : Draft Master Plan for Udhampur

EXISTING LAND USE DISTRIBUTION

PATTERN

CHALLENGES OF EXISTING LAND

Use
1. To inculcate culture for planned development.
2. Stringent regulations and penalties in respect of Green
Areas
3. Survey of constructions susceptible to hazards on slopes
and measures thereof.
4. Restrictions on construction activities in the existing city.
5. Conservative surgery of Central Area and Crowded
localities.
6. As 4 to 6 storey are more susceptible for damage during
earthquakes, measures are required to be taken regarding
constructions having more than 3 storeys.
7.As 1/3rd road space is occupied by vehicular parking the
same is required to be restored for movement purposes, by
ensuring parking lots at strategic locations off the roads
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INFRASTRCTURE

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PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

PROPOSALS
Spatial planning framework for the future growth and development of
the Udhampur Local Planning Area should be defined in order to
ensure the integrated growth of entire planning area and to launch
Udhampur and other settlements on the path of fast trajectory of
growth and development.

Proposed Layer Development:

Accordingly, Udhampur LPA covering an area of 6545 hectares has been
visualized in the
four distinct layers that are described in detail below:
Layer I: Area Enclosed by Dhar Road, Sailan Talab Road, Circular
Road , Bus Stand Road and NH-44 (from Bus Stand Road To Dhar
Road):
Layer II: Area Enclosed By Municipal council, Uhampur
Layer III: Area outside M.C Limit and up to the Future Developable
Limit.
Layer IV: Agricultural/Rural Area/Defence/ Airforce /Forest outskirt.

PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN

On the basis of the study of existing land use plan,
analysis and population projections of LPA a proposed
land use plan has been prepared.
In this plan, different land use zones such as
Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Institutional,
Recreational, Public uses, Agricultural, etc. have been
earmarked based upon the computation of land use
requirements as stated in the U.D.P.F.I guidelines.

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DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS AND

REGULATIONS
"Development" with its grammatical variations means the
carrying out of building,engineering quarrying or
extraction or manufacture of building materials or other
operations in, on, over or under land, or "erecting or
reerecting" of any building or land and include
redevelopment
-- Town
Development 1971 act
Building
bye laws

ZONING REGULATION
Zoning regulations are basic tools for implementation and
enforcement of a development plan within the frame of the
Landuse proposals with the intention of achieving orderly
growth and development of the town as envisaged.
Zoning regulations help in controlling density as well as
landuse in ensuring standards provided for the future
expansion of each zone in an appropriate manner.
Zoning regulations shall be applicable to the entire planning
area except areas designated otherwise like Defence areas
and Airforce areas. There will be a separate set of norms to
deal with such areas.

FUNDING
Availability of adequate funds is an important
determinant for successful implementation of the
plan proposals.
While conventional pattern of project financing is
being in transition, the private investments and
public private partnership modes of infrastructure
development assumes greater significance.
This apart, the programmes of the National
Government provides greater opportunities for
improving the status of infrastructure and service
delivery. Hence, it is the responsibility of every
development agency concerned to take initiatives to
draw maximum funding for the plan implementation.

IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM

MONITORING
It is proposed that a mechanism for monitoring the
progress of the master plan be established on sound
footing at appropriate levels by the state Government.
It is also proposed that State Government shall
establish a vibrant and proactive enforcement wing
with state-of-the-art technology in consultation with
concerned line departments to monitor the progress of
the Master Plan proposals

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CONCLUSION
Udhampur with rich bio-diversity, requiring environmental
conservation, integration with land of Defence and Air Force
presents a challenge unlike the cities of the main land.
A measure of success of the Master Plan would be the extent
to which the proposals envisaged in the plan are implemented
in the plan period.
It requires careful strategies for its overall development.
The dependency on the main land for food, and energy needs
to be reduced to minimum and Udhampur should evolve
sustainable approach in all planning policies and programmes.
The planning strategies evolved through this Master Plan and
other development plans to be taken up in future should
include forest land not only as a geographical asset but also as
a human development asset to the nation.