Normally, the planning of the City
is done in such a way, that the areas specifically earmarked for specific
purposes like residential, commercial or industrial. In small towns, such
zoning ways go well. But in bigger Cities, with no proper communication system in place, it is a hardship for Citizens. Once moderately populated with a
limited area, Bangalore was a good city without much of zoning. However, as in the
case of major Cities, Bangalore has been facing migration from the rural and
urban areas of the State and other States because of the hunt for jobs and
livelihood. The City once with an area of about 200 sq.kms and a population of
less than a million is now a metro with an area of about 800 sq.kms and a
population of nearly 10 millions, with a comparatively rapid growth, providing jobs and opportunities for investments.
The City has become a
destination for investment in view of its climate and easily available
Man-Power. The State has been inviting industrial Entrepreneurs and providing
all possible incentives. Various industries have been established resulting in
rapid and uncontrolled growth and resulting in great demand for land and
developed properties. In view of the vast area, the time has now come to
rethink about the earlier zoning of land use. It has become more necessary
because of the problem of communication. The concept of mixed land development
has been taken up in the City. With the new concept the Authorities have been
trying to relax the land use in well developed parts of the City. The areas
once residential are now being converted into semi-commercial and this change
has certainly benefitted the Residents of such locations.
The Owners of residential buildings
are engaged in converting their residential buildings into non-residential thereby
making available space for commercial purposes. If such changes in land use are
brought in the important places, now the pressure is on the centralised areas
for commercial purposes which would be eased. The Citizens may not have to
communicate from their residential areas to the centralised business areas.
This would also help to reduce the movement of vehicles and consequently help
to reduce the pollution.
The people from the areas where
the land use has been changed to mixed use seem to be happy since with the
conversion of their buildings to suit garment shops etc. and get more rentals.
The sale of properties in such areas also fetches good value and Owners are able
to sell such buildings. The concept of mixed land use is welcome for it. It will
create greater opportunities to allow people to establish business in the areas they live and ease the pressure off the Central Business District and the City
Transport System. The concept has helped the Owners of the properties all along
the metro lines are going on and the business activities would start
functioning.
The concept, if extended to all
the potential areas the prices of land, particularly vacant lands in the City limits would go up. Perhaps, nothing could be done to check the trend. The
property Developers would try to take the maximum advantage of the probable
change in the time to take looking to the demand for dwelling space in the
City. It is necessary for property Developers to take up development of spaces for residential as well as commercial, keeping in view the demand for
residential accommodation for people in the middle-class.
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