Margao, Mormugao ODPs to Transform into Master Plans
PANAJI: The Town and Country Planning Department will transform the current outline development plans (ODPs) for Margao and Mormugao into comprehensive GIS-based masterplans as part of the Centre’s Amrut 2.0 initiative. This effort will digitally map both cities, integrating data-driven blueprints that encompass land use, infrastructure, transportation, housing, and employment. The initiative is part of a sub-scheme under Amrut 2.0, aimed specifically at Class II towns with populations ranging from 50,000 to 99,999. Fully funded by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, this scheme focuses on towns that were excluded from the original Amrut mission launched in 2015, which…