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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