CM: Adopt Brazil Model For Effective Use Of Urban Land

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has asked the officials to adopt Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) model for effective utilisation of urban land in a scientific manner. He said every collectorate should have twin helipads and a ‘state chamber’ so that ministers and state-level officers could use them during their official tours.

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For protecting government properties in every district, the CM directed the collectorates to prepare an inventory of government properties and land by July-end and appoint an estate officer, who will work under the direct control of collectors in districts, and a state-level estate officer under control of the chief secretary.

Officials said the Rio de Janeiro model is more consistent with environmental estimates. Identification of urban land use and land cover is one of the first requirements in this model to monitor and evaluate accelerated growth in towns and cities taking into account environmental and socioeconomic impacts on the civic infrastructure, officials said.