MPPSC Assistant Town Planner case studies
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The Assistant Town Planner post is recruited through the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) for the Urban Development Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The 2026 cycle was notified as Advertisement No. The MPPSC Assistant Town Planner case studies are 5 cases and about 4,988 words.
1A Sanctioned Layout in the Path of a Ring-Road Link
A municipal corporation in western Madhya Pradesh (population 3.1 lakh in 2011) sanctioned its development plan in 2016. In 2018 the planning authority sanctioned a residential layout on 8.4 ha with 268 plots, internal roads of 7.5 m and 9 m, and a 1.1 ha park.
997 words, about 5 min2Water Supply Deficit and a Surgical Ward: Reading the Town's Numbers
A municipal council has population figures of 1,86,000 (2011 census) and 2,34,000 (2021 local count). Its water supply is drawn from a river source with a sanctioned gross withdrawal of 42 MLD; the council supplies water at an average of 135 litres per capita per day at the consumer end, but measured non-revenue water is 28%.
957 words, about 5 min3Unapproved Plots, a Running School, and a Road Alignment
Between 2016 and 2020 a developer carved 340 plots of 100-150 sq m out of 5.2 ha of agricultural land inside a notified planning area, without ever applying for development permission. Advertisements promised 'approved plots', and buyers were shown a sanction letter whose number does not exist in the authority's records.
1,016 words, about 5 min4A Financially Distressed Council and Three Competing Uses of a Conditional Grant
A municipal council with 1.1 lakh people had receipts of Rs 96 crore in 2023-24, of which its own revenue was 21%. Salaries and establishment consumed 57% of revenue expenditure.
978 words, about 5 min5Land Pooling Next to the City's Drinking-Water Reservoir
A development authority proposes a land-pooling scheme on 400 ha of peri-urban land 7 km from a city of 12 lakh people. Of this, 48 ha lies within the 100 m no-development buffer of the reservoir that supplies 60% of the city's water and cannot be built upon; another 22 ha is a seasonal tank and its catchment.
1,040 words, about 5 min