Experts: Jaipur’s 2047 Plan Lacks Central Government Guidelines
JAIPUR: A recent interim order from the Rajasthan High Court has halted the Jaipur Development Authority’s (JDA) plans for jurisdiction expansion. Town planning experts have conducted a new study that highlights significant shortcomings in the proposed draft of the Master Plan 2047. The findings suggest that the JDA’s proposed expansion might not comply with the Urban and Regional Development Plans Formulation and Implementation (URDPFI) guidelines established by the NDA government in 2015. Alarmingly, the projected population density in the JDA’s proposed area is only 23 persons per hectare, well below the URDPFI guideline of 175 persons per hectare for cities…