The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Budget for 2022-23 presented on Thursday envisages a slew of projects to meet the long-term requirements of the city including a Peripheral Ring Road with cluster development of industries surrounding it.
The budget, presented by MUDA Commissioner D.B. Natesh, envisages a revenue of ₹1,821.427 crore against an expenditure of ₹1,691.670 crore leaving it with a surplus of Rs.129.756 crore. The bulk of MUDA revenue is from layout plan approval, property tax and sale of sites besides cess.
However, some of the special projects mentioned in the budget are more in the nature of vision statement and have a time span overrunning the 12-month horizon of the budget.
It is also proposed to expand the jurisdiction of Mysuru-Nanjangud Local Planning Area by incorporating 49 villages abutting the existing LPA boundary and Rs.10 crore has been earmarked for preparation of the DPR.
The LPA expansion has been mooted as some of the villages have semi-urban characteristics and will merge with Mysuru in the years ahead and in the absence of planned development and intervention, these areas will be marked by haphazard and chaotic growth.
At present the LPA spans an area of 509.03 sqkm which includes 84 villages in Mysuru taluk, 19 in Nanjangud taluk, and 14 in Srirangapatana taluk.
Though the concept of peripheral ring road is pending before the MUDA since years, it has been included under special projects in the budget. The PRR is being justified in view of the imminent completion of the expressway connecting Bengaluru with Mysuru and the high speed rail link between Mysuru and Chennai which are expected to give a stimulus to the development of the region over the next few decades.
The total length of the PRR will be 73.25 km of which 51.35 km will be within the existing LPA boundary and 21.90 km will lay outside the LPA boundary. The MUDA envisages 824.06 acres of land for the road alone besides 27,468 acres of land for town planning abutting the PRR.
As per the budget, land will be acquired on either side of the PRR under 50:50 scheme and the land owners will receive developed plots as their share in lieu of compensation, the market value of which will be higher than what the MUDA can pay for outright acquisition.
In addition, the budget has earmarked Rs.16.90 crore for development and upgradation of 11 major roads within the MUDA LPA limits. Similarly, a project to extend some of the key arterial road to link it with the city periphery and development of the areas surrounding it has been envisaged. This includes the New Kantharaja Urs Road, Akkamahadevi Extension Road, R.T.Nagar 30 meter extension road among others.
The MUDA has earmarked ₹5 crore for installation of LED bulbs in the areas developed by it including Srirampura, Bogadi, Ramanahalli, Hootagalli etc.
In a bid to reduce polluted and sewage water entering Kapila river in Nanjangud, the budget has made provisions for establishing a sewage treatment plant at a cost of ₹11 crore. A sum of ₹2 crore has been earmarked for construction of imposing arches at the 7 entry points to the city.
The concept of ‘’auto nagar’’ has been revived and ₹2 crore set aside for its development in Mysuru south region. ₹1 crore has been earmarked to entrust the preparation of a feasibility report for Metrolite or Neo Metro, to a competent organisation.
