Amid the reported slowing down in the ship-recycling industry at Alang in Bhavnagar district, CM Bhupendra Patel Monday approved three town planning (TP) schemes for Alang and surrounding villages to facilitate planned development in the region.
“Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved seven town planning schemes. These town planning schemes include four preliminary schemes of Ahmedabad and three draft TP Schemes of Alang. These three schemes have been tabled for the first time after the formation of the Alang Area Development Authority by the state government,” an official release said on Monday.
The three draft TP schemes were submitted to the state government by the Alang Area Development Authority (AADA) in October, 2020.
The TP schemes cover areas along the National Highway-51 which connects Bhavnagar to coastal Dwarka via Trapaj village near Alang and State Highway 37 which connects Alang and Sosiyo villages to Trapaj. These areas are located in the western part of the AADA development plan approved by the state government in 2018. The schemes envisage planned urban development of Alang and other 16 villages spread across 131 square km in Talaja and Ghogha talukas of Bhavnagar.
“The plan is to facilitate development along these highways by providing basic infrastructure through the TP schemes,” Vikas Ratada, the chief executive authority (CEA) of AADA told The Indian Express.
“Unlike conventional TP schemes, the draft TP schemes for Alang focus on commercial and industrial space as they were drafted keeping in mind the ship recycling industry and the plan to develop a new industry of scrapping old vehicles,” Ratada added.
The government approval to the draft TP schemes came amid sluggishness in the ship recycling industry in Alang since 2016-17 as ship-recyclers are finding it hard to sell their scrap to steel re-rolling mills.
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