{"id":13588,"date":"2024-06-14T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13588"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:44:08","slug":"assamneeds-to-move-from-making-static-master-plans-to-strategic-master-plans-for-cities-considering-the-rivers-or-water-bodies-as-focal-points-in-the-planning-process-director-ofthe-nationalinstitute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/assamneeds-to-move-from-making-static-master-plans-to-strategic-master-plans-for-cities-considering-the-rivers-or-water-bodies-as-focal-points-in-the-planning-process-director-ofthe-nationalinstitute\/","title":{"rendered":"Assamneeds to move from making static master plans to strategic master plans for cities considering the rivers or water bodies as focal points in the planning process, director ofthe NationalInstitute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) HiteshVaidyasaid."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at a training programme for urban planners on making river-sensitive master plans, Vaidya said non-strategic master plans have turned the five rivulets in Guwahati into sewage channels. Therefore, there is a need for action-oriented and strategic master plans for the cities so that the rivers can be covered.<\/p>\n<p>It must be mentioned that Guwahati has five important rivulets and all of them are dying due to rapid encroachments and indiscriminate waste disposal. As many as 54 out of the 104  in the state have master plans but all are in the draft stage. Vaidya said, The plans implemented to date remained ineffective for some reasons. 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Encroachment and lack of scientifically separate sewage channels have been stumbling blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at a training programme for urban planners on making river-sensitive master plans, Vaidya said non-strategic master plans have turned the five rivulets in Guwahati into sewage channels. Therefore, there is a need for action-oriented and strategic master plans for the cities so that the rivers can be covered. 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