AHMEDABAD: Nano town, Sanand, that was enjoying its new status in the world, has a little more to cheer. The precinct has been announced a “satellite town” of megacity Ahmedabad. A steering committee of the Union urban development ministry made a formal announcement in this regard on Wednesday evening.
Under this scheme, a grant of Rs 60-70 crore will be made by the Centre exclusively for initiating e-governance, and civic services like water supply, drainage, and civic amenities. The Union government has demanded a city development plan for Sanand by March 2010. Though the area comes under Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority limits, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has being chosen as a nodal body for undertaking this project work.
The decision was taken as the town had all the potential of developing into a service centre for Ahmedabad city. “This would help check migration in Ahmedabad city and create job opportunities for those living in nearby villages of Sanand. Housing in these satellite towns will be cheaper than what it is in Ahmedabad. The Nano plant will be up in few months and so will other cluster industries in the vicinity. There will be a tremendous pressures for laying civic utilities,” says a senior AMC official.
AMC commissioner IP Gautam said, “The director of municipalities, CEPT university and Sanand residents were called for a detailed discussion on Wednesday for this purpose. Besides a definite plan of action has to be drawn as there is not much time left.”
Source: TimesofIndia
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