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Master Plan for Hampi Local Planning Area 2006

- Critique Paper

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The Hampi World Heritage Area Management Authority made the Master Plan for Hampi Local Planning Area (2006). This Plan prepared under the provisions of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961, aims to regulate and guide development activities in the planning area. The Plan attempts to understand the heritage area of Hampi and envisages the protection of the historic urban fabric, hillocks, water bodies, forests and prohibited areas. In our critique, we highlight areas where lack of specificity and definitions could lead to multiple interpretations. We also state positions that differ from those of the Plan. We highlight the lack of local community representation in the committees proposed, sustainable tourism vis-à-vis ecotourism, inefficient definition of ‘illegal development’ and the outdated and incoherent statistics used for preparation of the Plan.

Introduction

The Master Plan for the Hampi Local Planning Area is made by the Hampi World Heritage Area Management Authority. The plan which has been prepared under the provisions of the ‘Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act 1961’ consists of 14 chapters related to the present and future conditions of the ‘world heritage area’. The plan aims at understanding ‘Heritage Area’ and make proposals for land-use to regulate and guide development activities of the planning area. It also envisages the protection and conservation of the historic urban fabric, riverfronts and water bodies, rocky hillocks and forests and prohibited areas.

The following are EQUATIONS points of critique on the tourism aspects of the provisional master plan (henceforth referred to as the Plan). The actual statements from the Plan are stated in bold italics. In many sections the Plan fails to give details or specifics. We have included a series of questions at those points in order to indicate the need for the Plan to be more specific, as the lack of detail can lead to multiple or loose interpretations. In other areas, our critique aims at providing a point of view which differs or supplements the position of the Plan:

Geographies
India
Local Regions/Cities
Hampi

EQUATIONS is a research, policy, and advocacy organisation working on tourism and development issues in India. Our work has focused on the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and administrative impacts of tourism particularly on people living in and around tourism destinations. We collaborate closely with organisations and peoples movements, to influence people-centered forms of tourism & policies that ensure significant local benefits and take into account the negative impacts of an unbridled growth of tourism.

 

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