No takers for TDR

No takers for TDR
Vijay Times

BBaanng gaal loor re e: : The Bangalore Mahanagara Palikes (BMP) efforts to promote the concept of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) to widen some of the congested roads in the City is yet to see the light of the day.

In a bid to find an easy solution to curb traffic menace and enable easy vehicular movement, the BMP came up with the TDR plan to widen 85 roads in the City.

Initially, 45 roads were taken up for widening in the first phase. However, last year, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy had directed the BMP engineering staff to take up the work on 12 roads on a priority basis where government land was available to widen the roads.

Though the work is underway at a snails pace, landowners on other roads identified for widening are yet to come forward to part with their lands in lieu of the TDR.

Under the TDR, the City has been divided into three zones - zone A as intensively developed area, B as moderately developed area and C as sparsely developed area.

Earlier, the TDR belonging to A zone could not be sold in any part of the City other than A zone, while lands under B zone could be sold in B and C zones and C had to be sold in C zone only. However, the BMP withdrew this clause recently and permitted for selling of TDRs in any zone. Inspite of this there are no takers for TDR.

The TDRs were touted as a remedy by the BMP to rectify the deviations and avoid demolition of buildings. With a view to create a market for TDR, the civic body wanted to create a land bank for TDRs and enable the contractors to procure the required TDR.

‘‘LLaan nd d oow wn neer rs sggaaiin n ffr room m T TDDRR’’

The TDR is beneficial to a land owner. According to a BMP engineer, in exchange of his land, the respective owner would get development right in the form of additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR), which is 1.5 times the area of the land surrendered.

For instance, if a owner surrenders 1,000 sq ft of his land for road widening on a plot measuring 10,000 sq ft, the owner would be given a TDR in lieu of the land acquired. If the owner is permitted for a maximum built up area of 20,000 sq ft on a 10,000 sq ft of land, even after losing 1,000 sq ft, he can still construct 20,000 sq ft of built up area.

In addition, the owner, whose land has been acquired, is also entitled to build an additional 150 per cent of land surrendered. If the owner has lost 1,000 sq ft of land, he can build up to 1,500 sq ft.

Another advantage is that the owner can sell the TDR to a builder who wishes to utilise it in other parts of the city or the owner can utilise the same for building another structure, provided the space permits.

The TDR is enforced successfully in cities like Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai. The BMP has identified some areas where for four-laning and two-laning of roads will be taken up in various areas depending upon the need, the engineer said.



In a bid to find an easy solution to curb traffic menace, the BMP came up with the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) plan to widen 85 roads in the City