COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Puri District

Comprehensive Development Plan – PKDA 2031Map 5.16: Location of Hotels/Lodges & Dharmashalas in KonarkSource: Puri Municipality, CEPT AnalysisAlthough Puri Town and Konark has lot of heritage importance and tourism potential still not muchattention has been paid for planned development and management of the spaces in the areas. Thetown area during tourist season faces enormous challenges which are not been answered and tackledwith. Some of the major issues related to tourism are as follows:Lack of liveable units during peak season to accommodate huge inflow of tourists visitingespecially during Rath YatraRoad and traffic infrastructure is inadequate and hence Congestion and traffic problems duringthe peak season are a routine scenario.Lack of parking facilities during peak season results into on-street parking.Street vending in major tourist routes is creating congestion due to narrowing of roads andgatherings on the same.Therefore the need of the hour is to regulate, plan and manage this sector which is the major economyand employment generation option for the whole region of PKDA.5.5 Summary and ConclusionThe summery of issues identified through the above analysis of demographic and economic sector whichshould be incorporated for proposals in the CDP are as following:The pattern in share of population in the region show that Puri town and Konark are gettingcrowded by increasing share over the decades where as the rural belts is losing the overallpopulation share.The decadal growth trend indicates that peripheral zones of the Puri town which constitutes ofPuri Sadar area is showing higher growth rate than other areas in the region.The above two statistics clearly points towards effective rural to urban migration taking place inthe region. Therefore measures should be taken to create employment opportunities andCEPT, Ahmedabad 124