COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN - Puri District

Comprehensive Development Plan – PKDA 20319. Social Infrastructure9.1 IntroductionSocial infrastructure and amenities fall under the social welfare objectives of the urban developmentprogramme, as distinct from economic development objectives and especially in context of the rapidlyliberalized and competitive economic scenario.The provision of these amenities in any town/city shall consider the regional bearings as small towncater to the requirements of surrounding villages, medium size towns cater to small towns and villagesand so on in the hierarchy of settlements in the region for the higher level facilities.As per UDPFI Guidelines, social infrastructure comprises education, health, socio-cultural facilities,distributive services, miscellaneous facilities like bus stops, cremation grounds, and other facilitiesincluding communication, postal services, security forces and fire protection services, commercialfacilities and recreational facilities. UDPFI guidelines are used as benchmarks to ascertain whereparticular services are adequately available and there are gaps.Adequate social infrastructure like schools and hospitals are the basic needs of the human life whichwould allow for the improve the standard of the living and affordability levels of the people in theregionThis chapter deals with the availability of social infrastructure facilities, focusing on health andeducation, at settlement level in the study area. Available of financial services at the settlement level isalso dealt with. The Mouza wise summary of the infrastructure availability is presented herewith in thischapter, while the settlement level details are given in the Annexure. Assessment of service levels isundertaken based on the Census 2001 data. The analysis helps clearly identify gaps in infrastructureat settlement level and thus provides key inputs for Comprehensive development plan preparation.Fig 9.1: Anganwadi School Fig 9.2: Primary health centre: Puri Fig 9.3: Street lights9.2 Education9.2.1 Existing Educational Facilities in PKDAEducation is the backbone for development of any community and region as a whole as it enhances thepotential human resources available. Providing education facility is the basic responsibility of the stateand the ULB. This section will assess the existing education facility available at different levels, identifythe gap existing and will propose the future requirement according to UDPFI guidelines. Majorstrategies and interventions in the land use plan will be discussed in Volume-2 of the CDP.The status of different level education facilities have been listed and analyzed in the below tables:CEPT, Ahmedabad 218