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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