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MPD2
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LajpatNa garfa l
lsinthezoneD,D- 19
,
ofthedes i
g natedz onesofthema s
ter
pl
a n ofDel hi
.The c ent
ralma rket
,
LajpatNa g ar,isc at
egor
ized under
non-hierar
cha lc ommer ci
alc enter
provi
di ngservicesa tt
hecit
ylevel.
TheMPD- 2001pr ov
idesregula
tions
formi xedlandus epermissi
onint he
Residentia
lUs eZone.Thi szoneha s
alr
ea dymixedl anduseinc er
tai
nol d
areaslikeLa j
patNa g
ar,Bhogal
,Kot l
a
Muba r
akpur, J a
ngpura, Sunlight
Colony ,HariNagar
andAs hramet c.

Hi
stor
yandEv
olut
ion

Pre1 950:
Priortoindependencethisa r
eawa s
ana gri
cul
tureland,a ruralur ban Ma
sterPl
an2
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fri
ngeont heout ski
rt
sofNew Del hi
surrounded by dens eforestsa nd
j
a ckalinf
ested Kai
las
h hi
ll
oc ks
.The
onlylandmarkwa sKal
kaj
iMa ndir
.
1990:
1950: I
n1 988-90DDAa l
lowedt heuseofresi
dent ia
lz onea scommer -
LajpatNa garwasdevelopedi n1950s ciala
fterneg oti
a ti
ona ndpa y
mentofrec urri
nga nnua l
andmos tofitsearl
yr esident
swer e misusea ndda ma gec hargeandheavyc ha rg
eswer et akenfor
Hindusa ndSi khsmov ingea s
tf r
om conversionofla ndus eanddev el
opmentoffloors yst
em. Connec
tiv
ity
newlyfor medPa ki
sta
nf oll
owi
ngt he 2002 :
parti
ti
onofI ndiain1947.Thea l
lot
ers Alankarc inemar enov a
ted3C s– c
ompet entc inec ourt.En-
mos t
lyc ompr i
sed ofpeopl ef r
om croachment sandi ll
egalcommer c
ial
izationofr esidential
Punjab,SindandBa l
uchistan. areasbeg analongt her oadthestretches.Mos toft hem ofa
mixedus etypology ;someg avewayforc ompl ete
Inthec entralmarket,thepl otswer e commer cial
ization.TheAf ghanimarkets tartedt os proutup,
of15x60feetconstruc
t edlikea rmyba - duet omedi ca
l touris
ms .
rracks.The hous eswer ea lls i
ngle
storeywithasbestosroofi nthebeg in-
ning.LajpatNa garwa si niti
a l
l
ypl an- Hi
stor
yandEv
olut
ion
nedont heba si
sof1 00a nd2 00s q.
yardsplotsforea chfa mily.Thepl ots
andhous eswer eoffer eda tas ubsi
di-
zedr at
eofr s2,000tor s10,000wi th
thef aci
li
tyofl ongt ermi ns t
all
ment
pa y
ment s.
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opos
als

La
ndUs
eMa
ppi
ng Pr
opos
al1
Unprec
edent
edgrowthi
nregi
st
eredmotorvehi
cl
e.
KnownAvai
la
bil
i
tyofeffici
entpubl
ict
ranspor
tsys
tem.

WHATI STRANSI TORI ENTEDDEVELOPMENT?

TODa r
oseinr eacti
ont ot heper c
eivedpr oblemsofs uburbans prawl.TheDel hiGov ernmenti spr opos i
ngapol i
cyon
Transi
tOr i
entedDev elopment( TOD)toc a pturet hebenefit softheinc r
easeinl andv a
luea r
oundmet rostati
ons.
Transi
tOr i
entedDev elopment( TOD)isapl a
nni ngs t
rategywhi c
hi nt
eg r
atesthel andus ea ndtrans portsystem,ther
eby
creati
ngli
vely,sust
ainable, pedest
rianandc y
c l
ingf r
iendlyareasa ndneighborhoods ,whileenc our agingpeopleto
choosetransitoverca r
sfort heirl
ongc ommut es .
Awi del
ya ccepteddes cri
pti
onofTODi sa nur banenv i
ronmentwith
highdensit
ies,mixeda nddi verselanduses ,l
oc atedwi thi
na nea s
ywa lkablea reaa r
oundat ransitnode.
Thisapproachens urestha tnecessaryplanningi nterventi
onsa rema detoma keur bandev elopmentmor etransi
t
orient
edbyi ntroducinga ppropria
teplanningpol i
c i
esa ndregulat
ionsinMa sterPl an&La ndus epla n.

1Objecti
vesofTOD
Cent
ral
Mar
ket A)Social
Goal1:Sa f
erNei
ghbourhoods
“Del
hiisI
ndia
'scrimecapi
tal
.”–TOI,June2008
“Themostunsaf
et imeout-40%f el
tunsafebetween8
Thecentral
ma r
k eti
sregardedasanon-
hiera
rchalc
ommuni t
ycenterasperMPD2021.Iti
sapopular and10a mand5a nd7pm. 31
%f el
tunsafeinmidaft
er-
marketofpeopl
eofDel hiespec
ial
l
ySouthDelhi.
Iti
sama j
oratt
rac
tionforwomena
ndt eenag
erspro- noon.
vi
dingthemv a
rietyofgoodsinareas
onableamount.Thefoot
fal
lanal
ysisoft
hemark
eta reasf
oll
ows: Mostunsafepla
c es-45%identi
fiedbus esa st
hemos t
unsaf
e;25%theroa dsi
de;
6.7%foundbuss tops
.
B)Soci
a l
Goa l2:Cl
ean,GreenandUs able
Opens pacesplaymult
ipl
efuncti
ons:
1
)Sa f
e„ usabl
e publ i
cspacesfory oung,ol
d,ri
ch&
poor
.
2)Work i
ngl a
ndscapesthatcaptur
e,pur i
fyandtr
eat
st
ormwa terrunoff.
C)Soc i
alGoa l3:Get ti
ngaroundea si
ly
1)Maket r
ansferri
ngbet weenmodesea sy
2)Des i
gnstreetsforALL, notJUSTc ars.
3)Providehighdens i
tymixedus edev el
opments(resi
-
denti
a l
.offic e,ent ert
ainment& civicuses)with5-min
walk
ofMet roStati
ons .
”
D)Soc i
alGoa l4:Integrat
edSoc i
ety
1)Int
eg r
ater i
c ha ndpoors ymbioti
call
y,withshared
ameniti
es,nea rTransi
t.
2)Integrat
ema jorempl oymentc entr
esa longTransi
t
Nodes( nothighwa yarteri
al
s)aspa r
tofmi x
ed-use
communi ti
es.

Pr
oposal2
Laj
patNagarhasamixedus
eofmos tl
yr et
ailwithresi
dences,andfacesproblemsrel
atedtovehicl
es.
The
exc
essofvehi
cl
eslea
dstoai
randnois
epol l
ution,whic
hfurtherc
a us
eshealt
hpr obl
ems.I
tc a
usesconges
tion
ontheroa
dsduetowhi c
hemergenc
yv ehic
leslik
ea mbulancesandfirebri
ga desar
edelayed.
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opos
al2
Lajpa
tNa garhasami
xedus eofmostl
yretai
lwithresi
dences,
andfa
cespro-
blemsrel
atedtovehi
cl
es.Theexcessofvehi
clesleadstoai
randnoi
sepoll
u-
ti
on,whichf ur
therca
useshea l
thproblems.Itc ausescong
est
ionont he
roadsduet owhichemergencyvehic
lesli
kea mbulancesandfirebri
gades
aredelay
ed.

Thefir strec ommenda ti

oni sanint egrat
edpl anningfornewupc o-
mingmi xus eda reas.Theg uidelinesincludea llpossi
bleaspec t
s
l
ikes etback sandl andscapingt oc utdownnoi se,gr
ounds etback
forpa r
k i
ng, ra
inwa t
erha rvesti
nga ndsolarpowerf orenvir
onmen-
talprotec t
ion. Secondlydev elopinga na sses
s mentmet hodology
forinfrastructureons treets,whi chha vebeennot i
fieda smi xed
use,i sr ecommended.Fort hi
sa s
sess
mentadema nd-supply
equa ti
onf orthepr esenta ndf utur esi
tuati
oni sthebesttool.

Pr
opos
al3
Laj
patna
garhasadi
sti
nctphys
ica
lst
ruc
tureofwal
kabl
eblocksa
ndanetworkofnei
ghborhoodpar
ks.
Iti
sSt
rat
e-
gyal
soashoppi
ngdesti
nati
onandathr
ivi
ngbusi
nessdi
st
ric
tma k
ingi
toneofthemostimporta
ntmix
edusedi
s-
tr
ict
sint
heNCRr eg
ion.
Wepropos
eatwostepa
pproa
cht
oaddr
esst
hepubl
i
crea
lmi
m-
pr
ovement
sinLa
jpa
tnagar
.

St
rat
egy1
:
St
reet
s&Pl
aza
sPr
ogr
am
Init
ialConcepts
:
1.Rei
nforcethepedestri
ancha
racter
2.Cr eat
e opportunit
iesforpla
cema k
ingatmajorpedes
tri
an
nodes
3.Es t
abli
shthestreetnet
workasperpedes
tri
an
St
rat
egy2
:
Pa
rks&Pl
acesPr
ogr
am
Ini
ti
a lConcepts:
1.Enha nc
ethev is
uall
ink
a gesoft
hepa r
kwiththepublicrea
lm
2.Proposespec i
alpa
vingsonthest r
eetsaroundthepa r
k
3.Proposeds peci
altr
eatmenttot hepa r
kedg ealongthema j
or
str
eett ohi
ghli
ghttheentryandcrea t
eag r
eenz onegreenzone
4.Proposesma ll
neig
hborhoodplaz awheres pa
ceisavail
abl
e