Vision and Goals

In urban India it is predominantly seen that the growing concentration of people in urban areas has led to problems of land shortage, housing shortfall and congested transit and has also severely stressed the existing basic amenities such as water, power and open spaces of the towns and cities. Urbanisation has also led to dire situations like people increasingly living in slums and squatter settlements and has deteriorated the quality of life and environmental conditions of cities.

High standards of services for public who have an actual or potential interest in the working of Goreswar Municipal Board Kokrajhar town being the Headquarter of Kokrajhar district as well as the capital of Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) is growing in size and population rapidly. It is very important to usher an era of planned development. Any development must enhance the role of the town in the region.

A clear vision is required for the development of a town to remind itself about its function, identity and future opportunities. The Revised Master Plan for Greater Kokrajhar shall aim to make the best use of the physical assets of the entire geographic planning area to minimise the adverse impacts of urbanisation and must lead to an inclusive sustainable development to gain social, economic and environmental benefits. The plan shall be comprehensive in nature that it encompasses all the functions that makes a community work, including land use, transportation, infrastructure, housing, socio-economic, tourism, environment and recreation.