As the State government was planning to develop Machilipatnam into a ‘Smart Town’, the School of Planning and Architecture (SPAP), Vijayawada, students have taken up a study on Masula Master Plan. The student is focussing on documentation of land use, household survey and other engineering aspects. The ten-day study by the thirty students was expected to complete by February 18.
The students pursuing Masters in Planning have taken up the exercise as a part of their academics. However, they would also share their views and experiences with the State and municipal authorities, suggesting necessary actions on all fronts including treatment of rain and drainage water and engineering aspects. The students were formed into several teams based on their interested areas such as architecture, planning and geography during the study.
“We are collecting feedback from different stakeholders and citizens from different backgrounds on allowing construction activities which will likely to take up in future, apart from suggestions to shape the port town into smart town,” P. Amukthya Meher, a student of SPAP told The Hindu . The students would also focus on existing drainage system, mechanism to treat rain water apart from study on existing constructions of the French, the Dutch and the British in Machilipatnam.
The SPAP students will establish their vision and objectives to realise the very need to take up measures on war-footing to bring significant changes in town planning and architecture in future. However, simultaneously, the team of students will hold talks with the town planning division of the Machilipatnam municipality in this regard.
We are collecting feedback from different stakeholders and citizens on allowing construction activities
P. Amukthya Meher
Student, SPAP
