{
  "id": 15929625,
  "title": "Over 1,800 Objections To Bhopal Master Plan; BIZ-2 Draws Nearly 500",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/over-1-800-objections-to-bhopal-master-plan-biz-2-draws-nearly-500",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:42:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/over-1800-objections-to-bhopal-master-plan-biz-2-draws-nearly-500"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Over 1,800 concerns and roughly 130 recommendations have been submitted to the Town and Country Planning department regarding the draft Bhopal Master Plan 2047, with property measurement errors and proposed land-use changes standing out as key issues. The submission deadline is Oct 24 at midnight.\n\nThe Bhojtaal Influence Zone-2 (BIZ-2), encompassing areas around Upper Lake, including Khanugaon, Halalpura, and Sevania Gond, has garnered nearly 500 objections, making it the zone with the highest number of complaints. Most of the complaints are about inaccurate property measurements.\n\nResidents are also demanding modifications to the alignments of proposed 18-metre-wide roads, the conversion of green belts and agricultural land for residential use, and the exclusion of Kalapani from the sensitive zone. Some are even requesting the removal of 643 acres in Laharpur from the proposed submergence zone, as they claim the land has been cultivated for nearly three decades.\n\nAnother concern raised was the inconsistent population density figures in the draft plan. The plan proposes to accommodate 20 lakh people in 15,030 hectares, but residential densities are listed as 90.47 and 94.7 persons per hectare.\n\nThe Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) building permission officials have identified major land-use discrepancies along the 51-km growth corridor. These discrepancies are expected to be rectified through normalization. The objections will be examined after Oct 25, with BMC chief city planner Neeraj Anand Likhar stating that they will be compiled into four to five categories for easier examination and resolution.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): More than 1,800 online objections and around 130 offline suggestions have been submitted to the Town and Country Planning (T&CP) department against the draft Bhopal Master Plan 2047, with property measurement errors and proposed land-use changes emerging as major concerns. The deadline for submissions is Oct 24 midnight. Bhojtaal Influence Zone-2 (BIZ-2), covering areas…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}