HYDERABAD: A drone survey began on Thursday for designing a digital master plan for the development of Vikarabad.
Vikarabad is among 20 municipalities in Telangana with over 50,000 population selected for creating a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based master plan under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 of the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs. The project is being partly funded by the Centre.
The survey is being taken up by Vikarabad district authorities along with municipal Survey of India officials. Among the 20 municipalities, Vikarabad is the first to initiate the exercise using the latest technology, officials said.
The other municipalities are Jangaon, Kagaznagar, Bodhan, Gadwal, Armoor, Badepally, Bhainsa, Kodad, Korutla, Kothagudem, Mancherial, Mandamarri, Medak, Metpally, Palvancha, Sircilla, Tandur, Wanaparthy, and Zaheerabad.
Based on the information from the digital survey, a master plan will be prepared to include development of roads, housing, drainage, water pipelines, cell towers, toilets, reservoirs, markets and cremation/burial grounds among other necessities.
The master plan is aimed at serving the needs of Vikarabad for the next 30-40 years, according to collector Prateek Jain who held a meeting with officials on Thursday.
