Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation City Development Plan Executive Summary ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND JNNURM is a basic platform provided by central Government to the states and Urban Local Bodies for improving the urban infrastructure in a financially sustainable manner and to integrate the poor with servicedelivery system. In Kerala two cities Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi has been included under the JNNURM.The objective of CDP for Thiruvananthapuram is to identify and plan the future economic growth of the cityand to reduce urban poverty. This can be achieved by developing proper framework, enhancing thecreditworthiness of the Municipal Corporation and integrating the urban poor with the service deliverysystems. Through this opportunity the Municipal Corporation plans to look at the various financing optionsfor city development including private sector participation, thereby inviting participation of business,industries, civic groups, NGOs, and communities in local decision making. THE PROJECT AREA Though the project is mainly intended to the city area, the immediate peripheral urbanizing areas of theadjoining Panchayats can also be included resulting in total population size of the project area as 8.9 lakh(2001 census). Considering this in view the Urban Agglomeration of Thiruvananthapuram city as per census2001 has been considered as the project area for JNNURM.2001 census Thiruvananthapuram Urban Agglomeration Area in sq.km Population Thiruvananthapuram city 141.74 7,44,983Kozhakuttam (out growth) 5.03 14,410Sreekariyam (out growth) 8.87 21,431Kudappanakunnu (out growth) 7.69 38,175Vattiyoorkavu (out growth) 11.11 41,890Kovalam (out growth) 3.33 28,746 Total 177.77 8,89,635 FINANCING ARRANGEMENT As per the JNURM norms, for a city with a population of less than 10 lakhs, Government of India would fund80 percent of the total project cost as Grant and the State Government and ULB will each fund 10 per centof the total project cost. Various financing options can also be considered by the ULB to finance theproposed projects. It is planned to pool the funds received from the ADB assisted KSUD Project for thecontributions to be made from the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. PROCESS OF PREPARATION OF CDP A Core Committee of experts including serving officers of the various sectors of development in theGovernment and quasi Government organizations, experts from scientific organizations like NATPAC andexternal experts, with experience in town planning, municipal administration and urban project preparationwas constituted. A small team was formed as a Rapid Assessment Group (RAG) who met daily and decidedon the modus operandi to be followed in the formulation of CDP, which was approved in the subsequentCore Committee meetings.With the Mayor as the Chairman, the Core Committee held a series of consultations with Councilors, politicalleaders, MLA, senior officials of government, senior functionaries of various government organizations,residents associations, professional organizations, senior citizens, representatives of the centers of physically & mentally challenged, representatives of INTACH, IMA, ADS, CDS, women’s organisations,NGOs, bank officials, media personnel, etc.All the relevant reports and studies undertaken so far on various sectors were also studied for formulation of the CDP
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