(1) Every Municipality shall
prepare a City Development Plan for such periodicity, and
containing such Chapters, material and schemes, as may be
prescribed by the rules framed by the Government in this behalf.
The City Development Plan shall be prepared in consultation with
the District Collector and other district level officials of the
following departments of the Government, namely:-
(i) Public Works Department;
(ii) Public Health Engineering Department;
(iii) Irrigation Department;
(iv) Medical and Health Department;
(v) Education Department;(vi) Local Self Government Department;
(vii) Planning Department;
(viii) Urban Improvement Trust/ City Development
Authority, if any; and
(ix) any other department or Agency which the
Municipality may consider necessary to consult.
(2) The Municipality may also take the assistance of
experts and knowledgeable persons for the preparation of the City
Development Plan with the help of the aforesaid departments in the
co-ordination of the District Collector.
(3) The City Development Plan, as prepared under subsection (1), shall be sent to the Metropolitan Planning Committee
for inclusion in the Metro Region Development Plan, in case the
Municipality is a part of any Metro Region; and in all other cases,
it shall be sent to the District Planning Committee for inclusion in
the District Master Development Plan.
(4) The Metropolitan Planning Committee or the District
Planning Committee, as the case may be, shall include the City
Development Plan or such elements of the Plan as it may find
appropriate in the Metro Region Development Plan or District
Master Development Plan, as the case may be, after due
deliberations in the committee and with the concerned
Municipality; and it shall thereafter submit the Plan prepared by it
to the State Government for inclusion in the State Plan, and also
for allocation of resources from the Government for execution of
the Plan
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