Hyderabad: Telangana Developers’ Association (TDA) has urged the state govt to expand Outer Ring Road (ORR) growth corridor area from the current one kilometre (km) to three km so that the city’s growth can be taken towards the expressway in tune with the new radial roads proposed between ORR and the Regional Ring Road (ORR). TDA said the expansion of the growth corridor and grid-pattern roads will help the city expand and reduce burden on the core city.TDA president GV Rao, vice president CG Sajjan Kumar and others met with special chief secretary, municipal administration, Jayesh Ranjan on Monday and made some suggestions that could be incorporated in the Hyderabad metropolitan region master plan being prepared by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).The association said that, in the earlier master plan, a peri-urban zone, especially outside the city, was proposed where only 25% of the covered area was for residential plots and housing. They said that zone should be removed in the master plan and the area should be converted into a residential zone.At the same time, TDA urged govt not to give any relaxations in the conservation zone, especially for farmhouse plots, as suggested by some developers’ associations in earlier meetings.“If constructions are allowed in conservation zones, environmental balance will be disturbed and destroyed, and agriculture, vegetables, milk and fruit production will be adversely impacted,” the TDA president said.He said that if farmhouses were allowed, even if govt restricts construction to 10% to 25%, quarters, sheds for cars, swimming pools, bleaching plants, security guards’ rooms, etc, would be added to the farmhouses.However, the govt could convert certain conservation zones into residential and institutional areas whenever there was a requirement in future. “Govt should abide by the present regulations in GO 111 areas and National Green Tribunal recommendations,” GV Rao said.In the villages around Hyderabad, especially in the catchment of Himayatsagar and Osmansagar, mini sewer treatment plants (STPs) should be set up to prevent any pollution of the lakes and also to protect the heritage of the villages, the association said.
