LAND RESOURCES

IN INDIA

LOCATION

IN SOUTH ASIA

MAINLY ON INDIAN PLATE

NORTEHRN PORTION IN INDO-AMERICAN PLATE

SITUATION

8O 4’N & 37O 6’N68O 7’E & 97O 25’E

AREA 31,66,414 Sq. Kms.

SEVENTH LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

AN OVERVIEW

North to South : 3,214 Kms.&

East to West : 2,933 Kms.

AN OVERVIEW

Land Frontier : 15,200 Kms.

&

Coast-line : 7,517 Kms.

INDIAN OCEAN

Arabian Sea

Bay of Bengal

Laccadive Sea

Himalayan Mountain RangeChin & Kachin Hills

Khasi & Mizo Hills

INDIAN OCEAN

Bay of Bengal

Laccadive Sea

Arabian Sea

Karakoram Range

Western Ghats

Eastern Ghats

Aravalli

Range

Satpura

RangeVindhya

Range

Chhot-

nagpur

Plateau

Malwa

Plateau

Deccan

Plateau

INDO-GANGE

TICPLAIN

Ladakh

Runn of Kutch

Sunderban

Punjab Plain &

Thar Desert

LAND RESOURCES

IN INDIAUTILISATION

FROMTRANSPORT SECTOR

MAJOR LAND USERS IN TRANSPORT SECTOR

RAILWAYS- Railway Tracks, Stations, Workshops, Godowns, etc.

ROADWAYS- Roads, Fuel Pump Stations, Toll Plazas, Utilities, etc.

AIRWAYS- Airports, Runways, Workshops, etc.

WATERWAYS- Ports, Workshops, Godowns, etc.

TOTAL ROAD NETWORK :

4.69 Mn. Kms.THIRD LARGEST NETWORK DENSITY : 0.66 Km./Sq. Km.NHs : 79,739 Kms.(Appx.)SHs : 1,63,898 Kms.(Appx.)

PROJECT ROADS

OTHER PWD ROADS

ROAD SECTOR

URBAN ROADS

RURAL ROADS

RIBBON DEVELOPMENT

CONTROL OF RIBBON DEVELOPMENT – LAND RELATED MEASURES

PROVISION OF ADEQUATE LAND WIDTH FOR FUTURE

DEVELOPMENT

PROVISION FOR SERVICE ROAD FOR LOCAL

TRAFFIC

CONTROL OF BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Class of Roads

Land Width(in Mtrs.)

Plain & Rolling Country

Mountainous & Steep Terrain

Rural Areas Urban Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas

Normal

Range

Normal

Range

Normal

Exceptional

Normal

Exceptional

NHs &SHs

4530-60 30

30-60 24 18 20 18

MDRs

2525-30 20

15-25 18 15 15 12

ODRs

1515-25 15

15-20 15 12 12 9

Village Roads

1212-18 10

10-15 9 9 9 9

LAND WIDTH FOR DIFFERENT CLAASES OF ROADS

PARALLEL SERVICE ROADS FOR 2-WAY TRAFFIC SHOULD BE PLANNED AS ESSENTIAL PART OF ANY SCHEME FOR ERECTING BUILDINGS & FACTORIES

ON THE LAND ABUTTING THE HIGHWAY.

TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL’S RECOMMENDATIONSTATE GOVERNMENTS COULD ENSURE BY

STIPULATING CONDITION WHILE GRANTING PERMISSION FOR BUILDINGS/FACTORIES

SERVICE ROADS

ROAD WIDTH

(No Structure)BUILDING

LINE(No Building

Activity)CONTROL LINE(No Building above

13 Mtrs.)

CONTROL OF BUILDING ACTIVITY

Class of Roads

Plain & Rolling Terrain

Mountainous & Steep Terrain

Distance between Road Land Boundary and Building Line

Rural AreasUrban &

Industrial Areas

Rural Areas Urban Areas

Width betwe

en Buildi

ng Lines

Width betwe

en Control Lines

Distance between

Road Land

Boundary & Control

Line

Normal

Exceptional

Normal

Exceptional

NHs&

SHs80 150 3-6 5 3 5 3

MDRs

50 100 3 5 3 5 3

ODRs

25/30 35 --- 5 3 5 3

Village

Roads

25 30 --- 5 3 5 3

STANDARDS FOR BUILDING LINE & CONTROL LINE

EXISITING PRACTICE

LAND IS A SUBJECT INCLUDED IN STATE LIST

CENTRAL GOVERNMENTIN

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

IS MANDATED FOR BUILDING, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT &

OPERATIONOF

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ACT, 1956(48 of 1956)

Section 2 – Declaration of National Highways sub-section (1) – NHs Specified in Schedule sub-section (2) – Provision for Addition of new NHs sub-section (3) – Provision for Omission of existing NHs

Section 4 –National Highways to vest on Union includes- (i) All Lands appurtenant thereto, whether demarcated or not; (ii) All Bridges, culverts, tunnels, causeways, carriageways & other structures; (iii) All fences, trees, posts and boundary, furlong & mile stones of such highways or any land appurtenant to such highways.

CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS :-• Roads running through the length and breadth of the country;

• Roads connecting adjacent countries;

• Roads connecting the National Capital with State Capitals and roads connecting mutually the State Capitals;

• Roads connecting major ports, non-major ports, large industrial or tourist centers;

• Roads meeting very important strategic requirement in hilly and isolated areas;

• Arterial roads enabling sizeable reduction in travel distance and achieve substantial economic growth thereby;

• Roads which help opening up large tracts of backward

area and hilly regions(other than strategically important ones);

•National Highways grid of 100 km is achieved;

• The road must be upto the standard laid down for SHs -

both in its technical requirements and land requirements;

• Existing Right of Way(RoW) should be the property of the

State Govt. and must be generally free of encroachments;

• RoW required for NHs must be available for acquiring, free

of encroachments and the State Govt. would complete acquiring formalities within six months. If additional RoW is required for developing the road to NH standards, the State Govt. would complete the acquisition expeditiously after sanctioning of estimates therefor.

Proposals for declaration of NHs are finalised inconsultation with M/o Finance & Plg. Commission

M/o Finance concurs from expenditure angle involvedIn future development of the NHs to be declared

Plg. Commission considers :-• Available infrastructure;• Justification for such declaration;• Formation of National Highways Grid;• Overall & balanced development of NHs;• Financial aspect during the relevant Plan Period.

Processing

STEPS OF LAND ACQUISITION FOR NH

Under Section 3 of NH Act, 1956

3.(a) – Authorisation of Competent Authority

3A – Power to acquire land for NH- Intention notified

3B – Power to enter into land for Survey, etc.

3C – Hearing of Objections, received in writingwithin 21 days

3D – Declaration of Acquisition within one year - Land shall vest absolutely in Central Govt. - Not questionable in any Court of law

3G – Determination of Amount of Compensation- Notice to Claimants- Factors taken into consideration spelt out- Provision of Arbitration

3H – Deposit & Payment of Compensation - Provision for referring disputes to Civil Court

3E – Power to take Possession by 60 days Notice - Provision of enforcement through Law & Order

3F – Legal right to enter into land for works

SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT

EXPRESSWAYS - CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS

• SIX OR EIGHT LANE HIGHWAYS

• CONTROLS ENTRY & EXIT

• SLIP ROADS FOR ENTRY & EXIT

• DESIGN OF SLIP ROADS INCORPORATED IN THE DESIGN OF HIGHWAY

• HIGHEST CLASS IN INDIAN ROADS NETWORK

ON CARDS :-

• 16 E-WAYS OPERATING - 942 Kms.

• 16 MORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - 2702 Kms.

• ALL E-WAYS AS KNOWN TO US ARE NOT E-WAYS IN TRUE SENSE, AS THESE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS CONTROL

• ACCESS CONTROL = TOLL COLLECTION

EXISTING NATIONAL EXPRESSWAYSSl. No.

E-way No.

Route States cover

ed

Length

(In Kms.)

Remarks

1. NE-I Ahmedabd - Vadodara

Gujarat

93 Under Operation

2. NE-II

Kundli – Manesar - Palwal

Uttar Pradesh and Haryana

134 Identified for development and construction

APPROVED NATIONAL EXPRESSWAYSSl. No.

Section Length(In Kms.)

1. Vadodara - Mumbai

400

2. Bengaluru - Chennai

334

3. Delhi – Meerut 66

4. Kolkata – Dhanbad

277

11TH FYP STIPULATED TO CONSIDER :-

• ESTABLISHING EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY

• MASTERPLAN FOR 15,600 Kms. OF E-WAY

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT :-

• HAS INITIATED ACTION FOR LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA

• HAS ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATION FOR COMPLETION OF 18,637 Kms. OF E-WAY IN 3 PHASES BY YEAR 2022

UNPLANNED LAND USE

MY VIEWS• LAND USE PLANNING AT MICRO LEVEL

• EVERY LAND USING SECTOR TO IDENTIFY VIABILITY IN DIMINISHING MANNER IN A MAP USING SHADES

• SUCH SHADED MAPS CAN BE SUPER-IMPOSED OVER EACH-OTHER TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL LAND USE

INDUSTRYAGRICULTURE

OVERLAPPED

• PRIORITY FOR ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS

• PRIMARY SECTORS TO COMPROMISE MUTUALLY SO AS TO ARRIVE AT MOST OPTIMAL LAND USE TO ENSURE BALANCED AND OVERALL NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• TRANSPORT SECTORS MAY PLAN CONNECTIVITY CONSIDERING REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER SECTORS

ECONOMY IN LAND USE FROM ROADS SECTOR

• RAILWAYS COULD BE IMPROVED TO ENSURE FASTER MOVEMENT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS BY RAIL & ROADS ALONGSIDE RAILWAYS COULD BE MINIMISED

• RADIAL ROADWAYS CONVERGING TO RAILHEADS COULD BE PLANNED

• SLANT STRUCTURE OF ROADS COULD BE REPLACED BY VERTICAL STRUCTURE

• ELEVATED ROADS COULD BE MAXIMISED AND THE SPACE BENEATH SUCH ROADS COULD BE UTILISED FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

SUCH INNOVATIONS COULD ALSO BE THOUGHT OF

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