Existing land use scenario

Existing land use scenario

Figure 7.4: Land use 2020 Analysis The city area can be broadly divided into two categories – one ‘Developed area’ and the second ‘Undeveloped area’. The developed area comprises mainly residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional lands with attendant land requirements for public and semi pubic uses, transport and parks and playgrounds. Agriculture land, vacant land largely in the possession of government bodies, river area and the hills constitute the “Undeveloped area “category. Of the Vijayawada corporation area of 6188 ha, the developed land part of the city covers 5491 ha accounting for around 87% of the city area, leaving 696.83 ha undeveloped or vacant as per present scenario.