Developmental restrictions imposed around Musi and Esa rivers

A view of the Musi River. File photo
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The State government issued orders constituting a committee of officers to grant permissions for public infrastructure to be developed in the vicinity of Musi and Esa rivers, and to regulate the construction and planning around the rivers as part of the Musi Riverfront development.

The committee will have as its members, the Director of Town and Country Planning, Chief City Planner of GHMC, Director (Planning), HMDA and Joint Managing Director of the Musi Riverfront Development Corporation.

No development activity will be allowed in the 50-metre buffer zone of the Musi and Esa rivers, and there will be developmental restrictions up to 100 metres, where no new construction will be allowed until the comprehensive master plan for Musi and Esa rivers is finalised or the same is cleared by the committee of officers, the orders said.

Any public infrastructure development taken up within 100 metres from the river boundary such as new roads and bridges will require prior approval from the committee.