The Draft Master Plan emphasizes a strategy of marginal densification in the core area from 48,000 per km2 gross residential densities to 55,000 per km2 and an intense densification of the periphery i.e. the 12 municipalities; suggested GRD of 25,000 per km2 from the existing 7,000–8,000 per km2 in 2001. It brings out the fact that 60% of the land in the periphery is vacant and needs to be utilized. As per the Master Plan calculations, the existing built up areas in the sub-urban can easily accommodate a sizeable future population. The land utilization plan therefore focuses on the densification of the plotted development in the sub-urban zone. It may be noted here that the revised draft Master Plan apart from detailing out the land use building and layout regulations, does not specify any other tools to achieve the prescribed densities in
the core and the sub-urban area. This should ideally be detailed out in the implementation tools and techniques, which as has been mentioned earlier is a missing link in the plan preparation process. It is recommended that the Master Plan be broken up into program and project packages to facilitate implementation of the overall policies and strategies.