The Nagpur metropolitan area or Greater Nagpur is a metropolitan area in Indian state of
Maharashtra.
History
In 1999, a notification was sent out by the State of
Maharashtra announced the Nagpur Metropolitan Area, comprising
Nagpur
Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
, Nagpur Gramin,
Hingna, Parshivni,
Mauda
Mouda, (or Mauda) is a town and a Tehsil in the Ramtek subdivision of the Nagpur district in the Nagpur Revenue Division. It is situated in the Berar region in the state of Maharashtra, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hin ...
, Kamptee taluka and parts of
Savner
Saoner is a city and tehsil headquarters in north part of Nagpur district in state of Maharashtra, India. The town is governed by Savner municipal council. It is from Nagpur city. Saoner is located on the bank of Kolar River. It is historically ...
,
Kalmeshwar
Kalameshwar-Bramhani is a city and a municipal council also a major Industrial hub in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is connected to National Highways NH-353I, NH-353J & NH-547E.
Demographics
India census, Kalmeshw ...
,
Umred
Umred is a town and a municipal council in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India. According to the 2011 census the city has a population of 53971.
Geography
Umred is located at 20° 51' 14N and 17° 19' 29E, at an elevation of 290 meters ...
and
Kuhi
Kuhi is a town and a tehsil in the Umred subdivision of the Nagpur district in Nagpur, India. Kuhi is located 40 km from Nagpur District.Kuhi is two town areas. One is Kuhi and other is Bhojapur. It comes under the revenue division of Berar regi ...
talukas. The boundaries of the metro region around the municipal corporation limits of the city were described, and the
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
metropolitan area and
Pune
Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
metro areas were declared.
Later on a notification dt. 24 December 2002, the government extended the jurisdiction of NIT
outside the NMC
limit under clause 1(2) of NIT Act-1936 as "Nagpur Metropolitan Area"
in connection to notification of 1999 which ranges approximately 25 to 40 km area away from NMC limit.
Objectives of metro region planning
*Laying down broad policies and directions of growth in the principal zones
*Determining the hierarchy of roads and access ways in coordination with existing roads proposed D. P. roads
*Establishing the zoning of land use on the lands falling within 25 to 40 km are of the township
*Determining the standards for common facilities like education health and social facilities for the resident population
*Ensuring planned development in fringe areas
Planning area under metro region
Two phases of proposed metro region
NIT proposed the metro region plan in two phases:
*Phase I: Area - 1520 km
2 (i.e. boundary of R. P.)
*Phase II: Area - 2260 km
2
NIT is framing the policy for metro region planning and once the plan is finalised, different town planning schemes will be taken up for development.
References
External links
{{coord missing, Maharashtra
Nagpur
Metropolitan areas of India