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Margao Mormugao, ODPs to Be Converted into GIS Based Masterplans Under Amrut 2.0

  • by- Zaid
  • Apr 24, 2026
The town and country planning department is set to convert the existing outline development plans for Margao and Mormugao into comprehensive GIS-based masterplans under the Centre's Amrut 2.0 programme.
Margao Mormugao, ODPs to Be Converted into GIS Based Masterplans Under Amrut 2.0

Panaji, April 24: The move will see both cities digitally mapped with data-driven blueprints covering land use, infrastructure, transport, housing, and employment.

Programme Details

  • Scheme: Amrut 2.0 sub-scheme for class II towns (population 50,000-99,999)

  • Funding: Fully funded by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

  • Target towns: Those not covered under original Amrut mission (2015)

Area Coverage

  • Margao masterplan: 82 sq km (municipal area + peripheries including surrounding villages)

  • Mormugao masterplan: 42.4 sq km (Vasco da Gama planning area)

Scope

The masterplans will map:

  • Population growth, employment, industries, commercial activity

  • Schools, hospitals, roads

  • Water supply, sewerage, solid waste

  • Parks, heritage sites, agricultural land, forest cover, government-owned vacant land

Primary surveys (land use, traffic and transport, household surveys) will also be conducted.

Process

  • Paperless process using integrated mobile application developed by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun

  • Will cover 25 socio-economic and physical parameters

  • Estimated timeline: Over one year to complete (first step: appointment of consultant)

Legal Basis

The masterplans will be statutory under the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974.