Subject matter of development plan

In the development plan, for the district in which the planning area is situated, the draft of the five-year and annual development plan prepared under the Madhya Pradesh District Planning Committee Act, 1995 (No. 19 of 1995) shall be considered and therein: (a) the proposed land use in the planning area shall be shown in broad terms; (b) subject to the regulations for natural hazard prone areas, the areas or zones of land for the following shall be earmarked in broad terms: (i) residential, industrial, commercial or agricultural purposes; (ii) open spaces, groves and gardens, green belts, zoological gardens and playgrounds; (iii) public institutions and offices; (iv) such special purposes as the Director deems fit; (c) the patterns for national and state highways connecting the planning area with the rest of the State and the ring roads, arterial roads, and major roads within the planning area shall be declared; (d) provisions shall be made for the location of airports, railway stations, bus terminals, and the proposed expansion and development of railways and canals shall be shown; (e) proposals shall be made for general landscaping and preservation of natural areas.