As land resources in the city areas are getting exhausted, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has paved the way for construction in the ecological zone by giving a nod to the draft of guidelines for permissible land use in the two schemes on Agra Road.
In the building planning committee (BPC) meeting, the civic body approved the development guidelines for proposed schemes named as Heritage City and Green City. The land under Green City was earmarked as ecological use and the land under Heritage City was earmarked partly as ecological use and partly as rural use in the Master Development Plan-2011.
A senior official at town planning wing said, “The state government was directed that the land which falls under ecological land use shall be developed in accordance with the directions of the Rajasthan High Court. In order to control development activities in these areas, JDA proposes design guidelines for permissible land uses in two schemes.”
The activities allowed in the ecological zone of MDP-2025 will be of low intensity use with minimum habitation low profile, low density and low rise. In the ecological zone, the JDA will only allow activities such as farmhouses, environment friendly residences, stadiums and resorts to name a few. An official said in the area that is not under ecological zone, the department has proposed to develop the proposed heritage city on similar lines of Walled City area.
The draft reads, “The historic Walled City of Jaipur is based on grid iron pattern, where there is a juxtaposition of various activities and uses both vertically and horizontally, which creates a unique culture and lifestyle for the inhabitants. Thus, the Walled city is a mixed land use city. The proposed Heritage City was also envisaged with same mixture of uses and activities.”
In the proposed heritage city, 50 per cent of minimum area for major economic activities will be earmarked. Similarly, maximum 47% of the area will be fixed for residential.
It has also been proposed all buildings have to be constructed as per traditional design, style and order of Walled City. Rajasthani architectural elements of Jaipur style like arches, jharokhas, bay windows, columns, chajjas and brackets shall be used as elevational elements of the building.
