Section 2 in Zoning Regulations within Development Plans
2. Existing Land uses.
- The old town of Karnal is confined to the walled city and Sadar Bazar area. In 1850 the Britishers set up the Civil Lines area and after partition, the rehabilitation colonies such as model town on the east, 8 marla housing colony and mud-hut camp housing colony on the west of the railway line have been developed. The in-between vacant pockets have been filled up with piecemeal development by private colonisers and is mostly in the form of haphazard and slummy development. Out of the total area of about 1,480 hectares within the municipal limits a good chunk of land i.e., about 360 hectares is occupied by the National Dairy Research Institute and other research centres of I.C.A.R. Out of the remaining, approximately 570 hectares only is urbanised at present. The remaining area is either in the form of vacant pockets or is under agricultural use where mostly cash crops are grown. Out of the developed area of approximately 570 hectares about 300 hectares is under residential use, 180 hectares under community facilities, educational and health institutions, 40 hectares under industries and remaining 50 hectares under commercial and other uses. The area outside the municipal limits is predominantly rural in nature. However, there is haphazard linear development of industries along major roads.In order to channelise the development in a planned manner and to control the haphazard and piecemeal growth, the Government in September, 1971 declared a sizable area (approximately 5,420 hectares) around the municipal limits of the town as 'Controlled Area' under Section 4(i)(a) of the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas (Restriction of Unregulated Development) Act, 1963. The development Plan has been framed accordingly with the following major land use proposals.
