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Final Report City Development Plan for Vellakoil Municipality CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN – CONTEXT and CONTENT The Commissioner of Municipal Administration (CMA), Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development Programme (TNUDP III) has taken effective steps to assist the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State, particularly the Grade III municipalities to strengthen and improve the financial position for effective capital investment management and service delivery to the public. These ULBs spread over the State, are service centres to the surrounding rural areas, offering marketing, physical and social infrastructure facilities. These centres have potential for future growth, and therefore, it is essential to formulate a City Development Plan (CDP) for these urban centres and immediate implementation of reforms in these ULBs for better management. In this regard, the CMA has appointed SMEC India Pvt. Ltd as Consultants for preparing a comprehensive City Development Plan (CDP) for four of the Grade III Municipal Towns in the Thanjavur region. 2. SWOT and VISION Vellakoil, a Grade III Municipality in Tiruppur district is located at a distance of 48 km, east of Coimbatore and 60km, south of Erode town. The area of the town is 64.75 sq.km and the population is 34,438 as per census 2001. The latitude and longitude of this town are 8º36’’41’’N and 78º3 ‘’30’’E respectively. It is well connected by road to the surrounding urban centres. Vellakoil municipality is a prominent commercial center for agro products like oil, vanaspathy and textiles. The town and its surroundings has high concentration of power loom & handloom weaving, textile processing units, rice milling, edible oil expelling units, paper products and basic metal products industries etc. The City Development Plan is a tool which adapts a participative approach to planning, and implementing projects as stakeholder workshops; involving users, elected councillors, line agencies, private organizations, NGOs and CBOs. Some of the core issues which emerged during interaction with stakeholders include provision of adequate and quality water supply to all the residents of the city, improvement in solid waste management and sewerage systems in the town (both currently impacting the physical environment in a negative manner), rejuvenation of water bodies, and road improvement and improving the financial and technical capacity of the municipal body. A town level SWOT analysis, with reference to its regional context has been done based on feedback from stakeholder workshops and analysis of the status of various sectors of the city. SWOT Analysis for Vellakoil Municipality STRENGTH WEAKNESS Access to Erode, a major node for textile, Crippling Environmental pollution to odais & agricultural leather & agriculture, timber based industries hinterland Good connectivity with nearby Urban centres Absence of recreational facilities Nh-67 bisecting the town Need to expedite infrastructure improvements Perennial source of water from River Cauvery Inadequate social infrastructure facilities High Urban literacy rate at 75% Extensive Municipal area – Increased demand for Fertile agricultural hinterland penetration of Municipal services Excellent industrial base of textile, bricks, agro Absence of rail connectivity based timber & leather OPPORTUNITIES THREATS Availability of land for future development Rising land and labour costs Co-operative mindset of community. Increased Environmental regulations & falling margins Access to Higher Educational Institutions Low skill, low technology manufacturing units Opposition to leather based industries /brick industries Source : Feedback from stakeholders meeting and analysis.
Final Report City Development Plan for Vellakoil Municipality The town of Vellakoil is visualized as “An clean and green town; economically self sustaining, with access to physical and social infrastructure”. Supporting this vision is a set of development objectives, defined along various sectors of infrastructure. It covers the current status, issues in the sector, likely future demand, strategies for improvement and identified projects to meet these objectives. The sectors covered in the CDP for Vellakoil include water supply, sewerage and sanitation, solid waste management, storm water drains, street lights, slum improvement and other remunerative and social projects. 3. CITY INVESTMENT PLAN The summary of sector-wise investment requirements and prioritisation is given in the following table. The total investment required would be over Rs. 9018.42 lakhs. Capital Investment Needs for Vellakoil S.N Physical Infrastructure facilities Amount ( in lakhs) 1 Water Supply 1199.12 2 Sewerage System 3300.00 3 Storm Water Drains 300.00 4 Solid Waste management 800.00 5 Roads 2043.00 7 Bus Shelter 10.00 8 Street Lights 182.00 9 Slum Improvement 709.00 10 Parks and Play Fields 20.00 11 Market 150.00 12 Public Convenience 35.00 13 Burial Ground 100.00 14 E-Governance 16.00 15 Urban Greenery 10.00 16 Other Projects 100.00 17 Updation of Database on GIS Platform 4000 18 Property Mapping 4.30 Total 9018.42 4. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY The summary of the financial status of Vellakoil municipality is as follows: • In the case of Vellakoil Municipality, it is observed that the Municipality has shown net deficit in all the 5 years. Prior to depreciation, the Municipality has shown surplus in 4 out of the last 5 years except 2006-07. Thus the Municipality has earned cash surplus in 4 years. • The average current collection efficiency of the municipality is very good as compared as to other municipalities in the district in case of all the sources of income and is around 95% - 100%. The arrears collection performance in respect of Property Tax and Other Income needs to be improved. • The broad financial analysis of the Vellakoil Municipality finances reveal that the Municipality has to gradually increase its own sources of income and collection efficiency for servicing the additional borrowings in the future. • The Municipality’s borrowings are high at Rs. 236 lakhs compared to its income. This may result high debt service in future years. So the Municipality’s capacity to borrow further funds depends on its capacity to increase its revenues. To summarise, the overall income pattern of Vellakovil Municipality indicates both positive and negative features. The positive trends are on the income side, where the Municipality has higher growth rate and good collection performance.
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