PART I EXTRAORDINARY

(1)

MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

(H2)

TOWN PLANNING – TADIPATRI MUNICIPALITY, ANANTAPURAMU DISTRICT –

GENERAL TOWN PLANNING SCHEME (MASTER PLAN) OF TADIPATRI MUNICIPALITY –

SANCTION UNDER SECTION 14(3) OF THE ANDHRA PRADESH TOWN PLANNING ACT,

1920

[G.O.Ms.No.4,

Municipal

Administration

&

Urban

Development

(H2)

Department,

12th January, 2022]

1. From the DTCP, AP, Mangalagiri Lr.Rc.No.4492/2015/P, dt.11.11.2020.

2. G.O.Ms.No.214 MA&UD (H1) Dept., dt.17.12.2020.

3. From the DTCP, AP, Mangalagiri Lr.Rc.No.19024/ 220/2020/A, dt.29.11.2021.

ORDER:

In the reference 2nd read above, Government have accorded formal approval to the General

Town Planning Scheme (Master Plan) for Tadipatri Municipality, Anantapuramu District and

communicated the same to the Tadipatri Municipality through the Director of Town and Country

Planning, Andhra Pradesh, Mangalagiri for taking necessary further action.

2.

The Director of Town & Country Planning (DTCP), AP, Mangalagiri in the reference 3rd

read above has stated that the formal approval to the draft GTP Scheme of Tadipatri town accorded

under Rules 25 of APTP Rules, 1920 in the reference 2nd read above has been communicated to the

Commissioner, Tadipatri Municipality to take necessary action under 27 to 29 of AP Town Planning

Rules read with Section (8) and Section 14(1) of APTP Act, 1920 i.e., publishing the draft GTP

scheme for notification in newspapers and District Gazette for calling objections & Suggestions as per

Rule 27 of APTP Rules, 1920. Accordingly, the Commissioner, Tadipatri Municipality has informed

that the GTP scheme was notified in Form No.1 & 2 vide Notification dt.20.03.2021, as required

under Rule27 and 28 of APTP rules. The form No.2 was published on the notice board of the

Municipal office and the same was also published in the local edition of two leading daily

Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.47

AMARAVATI, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022

G.864

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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newspapers. Further, the Notification of draft Scheme was also published in Anantapuramu District

Gazette No.102, dt.29.10.2021 for calling objections and suggestions under section 14(1) of APTP

Act, 1920.

3.

Further, the DTCP has stated that the Commissioner, Tadipatri Municipality has enclosed

Form 14 along with objections and suggestions for technical approval along with Council Resolution

No.68, dt.11.06.2021. In turn, the DTCP addressed to RDDTP, Regional Deputy Director of Town

and Country Planning, Anantapuramu on the justification of Municipal Commissioner, Tadipatri in

respect of the objections & suggestions received on the published draft Master Plan. In reply, the

RDDTP, Anantapuramu vide letter dt.23.07.2021 has submitted the detailed report on the objections

& suggestions received on published draft Master Plan. Accordingly, the DTCP has requested the

Consultant, who are engaged in the preparation of GIS based Master Plan of Tadipatri town to

incorporate the objections & suggestions in the Master Plan. Finally, the DTCP has prepared Map

No.3 duly verifying the Master Plan submitted. Hence, the DTCP, AP, Mangalagiri has forwarded

the Master Plan reports, connected Maps and Zoning regulations to Government for final approval of

Tadipatri Master Plan under section 14(3) of AP Town Plan Act, 1920.

4.

Government after careful examination of the matter have decided to sanction the General

Town Planning Scheme of Tadipatri along with Zoning Regulations as approved by the Municipal

Council under Section 14(3) of the Andhra Pradesh Town Planning Act, 1920, subject to condition

that the Building Rules shall be as per the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Development Control rules,

2017 issued in G.O.Ms.No.119, MA&UD Department, dt.28.03.2017 and the Andhra Pradesh Land

Development (Layout and Sub-division) Rules, 2017 issued vide G.O.Ms.No.275, MA&UD(H1)

Department, dt.18.07.2017.

5.

The Commissioner, Tadipatri Municipality is directed to ensure that a copy of the scheme is

kept open for inspection by the public at the Municipal Office and also at the Offices of the

Panchayats affected by this scheme during the office hours for a period of six months from the date of

the publication of the Notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.

6.

The Director of Town & Country Planning, AP., Mangalagiri is requested to communicate a

copy of the Master Plan covering the Tadipatri Municipality and vicinity of Gram Panchayats of

Tadipatri Municipality to the concerned to administer the Scheme within their area.

7.

The appended notification will be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette along with the

Zoning Regulations.

TADIPATRI PLANNING AREA

ZONING REGULATIONS

Contents

1.

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 3

Zoning Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 3

Land Use Categories of Master Plan ............................................................................................ 3

Applicability of the Zoning Regulations....................................................................................... 4

Short Title, Scope, Extent & Commencement .............................................................................. 5

Title 5

Scope of the Zoning Regulations .................................................................................................. 5

Jurisdiction .................................................................................................................................... 5

Date of Commencement ............................................................................................................... 5

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2.

GENERAL CONDITIONS .......................................................................................................... 6

Definitions ..................................................................................................................................... 6

3.

ZONING REGULATIONS........................................................................................................ 17

3.1 Residential Use Zone ................................................................................................................ 18

3.2 Commercial Use ....................................................................................................................... 20

3.3 Mixed Use ................................................................................................................................. 22

3.4 Industrial Use ............................................................................................................................ 24

3.5 Public and Semi-Public Use (Institutional) Zone ..................................................................... 25

3.6 Public Utilities Use Zone .......................................................................................................... 27

3.7 Recreational Open Space Use Zone .......................................................................................... 28

3.8 Transportation Use Zone .......................................................................................................... 29

3.9 Agricultural Use Zone .............................................................................................................. 30

3.10 Protected Use Zone [PR] ........................................................................................................ 33

4.

ANNEXURES ............................................................................................................................. 17

Category of Industries as per CPCB Norms ............................................................................... 36

1. INTRODUCTION

Zoning Regulations

It is a statutory document prepared under the provisions and procedures prescribed under

the relevant Acts. The Zoning Regulations are also sanctioned along with the Master Plan.

Zoning Regulations is the legal instrument for implementing the land use policy as

proposed in the Master Plan. Zoning Regulations contain a set of guidelines with regard to

the permissibility of the right use and the correct location of each zone duly prohibiting the

conflicting uses in order to achieve the objective of the Master Plan for orderly

development of a given settlement.

Zoning is a planning control tool for regulating the built environment and creating

functional real estate markets. It does so by dividing land that comprises the statutory area

of a ULB into different zones, permitting particular land use on specific sites to shape the

layout of towns and cities and enable various types of development.

The following 09 Development Promotion Zones [DPZ] and 02 Protected use Zone [PR]

are proposed for the Master Plan area of Tadipatri.

Land Use Categories of Master Plan:

The categories of land uses proposed in the Master Plan are as follows:

LAND USE ZONES PROPOSED IN MASTER PLAN

Sl. No.

Land Use Zone Category

A

DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION ZONES [ D P Z ]

1

Residential Use Zone

(R)

2

Commercial Use Zone

(C)

3

Mixed Use Zone

(M)

4

Industrial Use Zone

a) Work Centre Zone (Green and White category

Industries)

(IW)

4

b) Hazardous /Polluting industrial Zone (Red and Orange

category Industries)

(IH)

5

Public and Semi-Public Use [Institutional] Zone

(PS)

6

Public Utilities Use Zone

(PU)

7

Recreational Open Space Use Zone

(RE)

8

Transportation Use Zone

(T)

9

Agriculture Use Zone

(A)

B

PROTECTED USE ZONE [ PR ]

1

Protected (Blue)

(PB)

2

Protected (Green)

(PG)

Applicability of the Zoning Regulations

a. No development activity like layout, land pooling scheme, building activity or

use of any land shall be permitted unless these are in conformity with the

Master Plan land use, circulation network and the zoning of the uses and

activities as given in this section and the building site requirements as given in

these regulations.

b. These regulations however will not prohibit the continuance of existing uses

of lands and buildings that have been lawfully established and have a valid

development permission obtained from the competent authorities as required

under the prevailing statutory provisions and these Zoning and Development

Promotion regulations, provided that no expansion of the existing non-

conforming use or activity shall be permissible provided such conformed use

is dangerous to life.

c. All the layouts approved by the competent authorities as required under the

prevailing statutory provisions or plots / layouts regularized by prior to these

regulations and change of land use affected by government in the immediately

preceding notified Master Plan from time to time shall continue to prevail

irrespective of the land use zone proposed in the Master Plan.

Short Title, Scope, Extent & Commencement

Title

These Regulations shall be called the "Zoning Regulations for Tadipatri Planning Area.

Scope of the Zoning Regulations

The scope of these “Zoning Regulations” shall be limited to defining Land Use Zones

and the activities permissible in each land use zone depicted in the Proposed Land Use Plan

forming part of the Master Plan. Other aspects of development will be governed by relevant

Building Rules, Layout Rules etc. issued by the Government from time to time. Competent

Authorities under such regulations shall ensure that the developments permitted by them are

in conformity with these Zoning Regulations.

Jurisdiction

These Zoning Regulations shall apply to Tadipatri Master Plan area in Andhra

Pradesh.

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Date of Commencement

These regulations shall come into force on such date as notified by the Government.

The implementation and enforcement of the Master Plan shall be in accordance with these

Zoning Regulations herein prescribed.

2. GENERAL CONDITIONS

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the definition given as

under shall have the meaning indicated against each term. Words and expressions not defined

in these regulations shall have the same meaning or sense as in the Andhra Pradesh Town

Planning Act 1920, Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act 1965, Andhra Pradesh Building Rules

2017, AP Layout Rules 2017 as amended from time to time as defined in the National

Building Code as the case may be, unless the context otherwise requires. All amendments /

modifications made in the aforesaid regulations shall automatically stand deemed to have

been included as part of these rules.

In these regulations the use of present tense includes the future tense, the masculine

gender includes the feminine and the neutral. The singular number includes the plural and the

plural includes the singular. The word ‘Person’ includes other public institutions, other

agencies and individual. Writing includes printing and typing and signature includes ‘Thumb

impression’ made by a person who cannot write if his name is written near to such thumb

impression.

Definitions

“Accessory Use” means any use of the premises subordinate to the principal use and

customarily incidental to the principal use.

“Act” means the Andhra Pradesh Town Planning Act, 1920, Andhra Pradesh

Municipalities Act, 1965.

“Amenities” includes club house, convention halls, educational, commercial facilities,

crèche, gymnasium, convenient shopping etc.,

“Appeal” Appeal against interpretation and decision of ULBs lies with the DTCP.

Appeal against interpretation and decision of DTCP lies with the Government.

“Buffer area” means

(a) an area of land separating adjacent land uses that is managed for the purpose

of mitigating impacts of one use on the other.

(b) an area within which sensitive uses are either restricted or prohibited.

(c) A buffer area consists of a separation distance and one or more buffer

elements. Buffer element is a natural or artificial feature that mitigates an

adverse impact; a buffer may include open ground, a vegetation buffer and or

acoustic barrier.

“Building” means a structure constructed with any materials whatsoever for any purpose,

whether used for human habitation or not and includes-

(a) Foundation, Plinth, Walls, Floors, Chimneys, Plumbing and Building services,

Fixed Platforms etc.

(b) Verandahs, Balconies, Cornices, Projections etc.

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(c) Parts of a building or anything affixed thereto,

(d) Any wall enclosing or intended to enclose any land or space, sign and outdoor

display structures etc.

(e) Tanks constructed or fixed for storage of chemicals or chemicals in liquid

form and for storage of water, effluent, swimming pool, ponds etc.

(f)

All types of buildings defined below shall be considered to be ‘buildings’

except tents, shamianas and tarpaulin shelters erected temporarily for

temporary purposes and ceremonial occasions.

i.

“Assembly Building” means a building or part thereof where groups of

people congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious,

patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes and includes buildings of

drama and cinema theatres, city halls, town halls, auditoria, exhibition

halls, museums, marriage hall, skating rings, gymnasia, stadia,

restaurants, eating or boarding houses, place of worship, dance halls,

clubs, gymkhanas, road, air, sea or other public transportation stations

and recreation piers.

ii.

“Business Building” means any building or part thereof used for

transaction of record therefore, offices, banks, all professional

establishments, court houses classified as business buildings if their

principal function is transaction of business and/or keeping of books and

records.

iii.

“Detached Building” means a building with walls and roofs independent

of any other building and with open spaces on all sides within the same

plot.

iv.

“Semi-Detached Building” means a building having one or more side

attached with wall and roof with other building.

v.

“Row House” means a row of houses on adjacent plot with a common

wall with only front, rear and/or interior open spaces. The house at the end

of the row shall however have side open space as prescribed.

vi.

“Educational Building” means a building exclusively used for a school

or college, recognized by the appropriate Board or University, or any other

Competent Authority involving assembly for instruction, education or

recreation incidental to educational use, and including a building for such

other user’s incidental thereto such as a library or a research institution. It

shall also include quarters for essential staff required to reside in the

premises, and a building used as a hostel captive to an educational

institution whether situated in its campus or not.

vii.

“Hazardous Building” means a building or part thereof used for-

(1) Storage, handling, manufacture or processing or radioactive

substances or of highly combustible or explosive materials or products

which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and/or producing

poisonous fumes.

(2) Storage, handling, manufacture or processing of which involves highly

corrosive, toxic obnoxious alkalis, acids, or another liquids, gases or

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chemicals producing flame, fumes, and explosive mixtures or which

result in division of matter into fine particles capable of spontaneous

ignition.

viii.

“Industrial Building” means a building or part thereof wherein products

or, material are fabricated, assembled or processed, such as assembly

plants, laboratories, power plants, refineries, gas plants, mills, dairies and

factories etc.

ix.

“Institutional Building” means a building constructed by Government,

Semi-Government organizations, public sector undertakings, registered

Charitable Trusts for their public activities, such as education, medical,

recreational and cultural , hostel for working women or men or for an

auditorium or complex for cultural and allied activities or for an hospice,

care of orphans, abandoned women, children and infants, convalescents,

destitute or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention with

restricted liberty of the inmates ordinarily providing sleeping

accommodation,

and

includes

dharamshalas,

hospitals,

sanatoria,

custodian and penal institutions such as jails, prisons, mental hospitals,

houses of correction, detention and reformatories building constructed for

the promotion of Tourism such as, stared hotels, clubs, golf course, sport

stadium and all activities of Tourist Unit as may be declared by

Government from time to time.

x.

"Mercantile Building" means a building or part thereof used as shops,

stores or markets, for display and sale of wholesale or retail goods or

merchandise, including office, storage and service facilities incidental

thereto located in the same building.

xi.

"High-rise Building"means a building with 18 meters and above

(including stilt floor) in height. However Chimneys, cooling towers, Boiler

rooms/Lift machine rooms, Cold storage and non-working areas in case of

industrial buildings and water tanks and architectural features in respect of

other buildings may be permitted as a non- high-rise building.

xii.

"Office Building" (premises), means a building or premises or part

thereof whose sole or principal use is for an office or for office purposes or

clerical work. Office purposes include the purpose of administration,

clerical work, handling money, telephone, telegraph and computer

operation; and clerical work includes writing, book-keeping, sorting

papers typing, filing, duplicating, punching cards or tapes, machines

calculations, drawing of matter for publication and editorial preparation of

matter of publication.

xiii.

"Public Building" means a building constructed by Government, Semi

government

organizations,

public

sector

undertakings,

registered

Charitable Trust or such other organizations for their non- profitable

public activities.

xiv.

"Residential

Building"

means

a

building

in

which

sleeping

accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes, with or

without cooking or dining facilities, and includes one or more family

dwellings, lodging or boarding houses, hostels, dormitories, apartment

houses, flats and private garages such buildings.

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xv.

"Heritage Building" means a building possessing architectural, aesthetic,

historic or cultural values which is declared as heritage building by the

Authority

xvi.

"Heritage Precinct" means an area comprising heritage building or

buildings and precincts thereof or related places.

xvii.

"Storage Building" means a building or part thereof used primarily for

storage or shelter of goods, merchandise and includes a building used as

a warehouse, cold storage freight depot, transit shed, store house, public

garage, hanger, truck terminal grain elevator, barn and stable.

xviii.

"Unsafe Building" means a building which,

(a) is structurally unsafe,

(b) is insanitary,

(c) is not provided with adequate means of egress,

(d) constitutes a fire hazard,

(e) is dangerous to human life,

(f) in relation to its existing use constitutes a hazard to safety or health

or public welfare by reasons of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation

or abandonment.

xix.

"Wholesale establishment" means an establishment wholly or partly

engaged in wholesale trade and manufactures wholesale outlets, including

related storage facilities, warehouses and establishments engaged in truck

transport, including truck transport booking warehouses.

“Convenient shopping” means premises used for a group of shops comprising those

dealing with day to day requirements, as distinguished from wholesale trade or

shopping. It includes-

(a)

Bicycle hire and repair shops,

(b)

Books and stationery shops or stores,

(c)

Cloth and garment shops,

(d)

Florists,

(e)

Food-grains or ration shops, each with carpet area not exceeding 50 Sq. m,

(f)

Groceries, confectioneries, and general provision shops, each with a carpet

area not exceeding 50 sq. m,

(g)

Hair dressing saloons and beauty parlors,

(h)

Medical and dental practitioner’s dispensaries or clinics, pathological or

diagnostic clinics and pharmacies, each with a carpet area not exceeding 50 sq.

m,

(i)

Milk and milk products shops,

(j)

Newspaper, magazine stalls and circulating libraries,

(k)

Plumbers, electricians, radio, television and video equipment repair shops and

audio/video libraries,

(l)

Restaurants and eating houses each with a carpet area not exceeding 50 sq. m,

(m) Shoes and sports shops each with a carpet area not exceeding 75 sq. m,

(n)

Shop for collecting and distribution of clothes and other materials for cleaning

and dyeing establishments,

(o)

Shops dealing in ladies ornaments such as bangles, fancy and gift items etc.,

(p)

Shops selling bakery products,

(q)

Tailor or darner shops,

(r)

Vegetable and fruits shops.

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"Developer" means,

(a) a person who constructs or causes to be constructed an independent building or

a building consisting of apartments, or converts an existing building or a part

thereof into apartments, for the purpose of selling all or some of the apartments

to other persons and includes his assignees; or

(b) a person who develops land into a project, whether or not the person also

constructs structures on any of the plots, for the purpose of selling to other

persons all or some of the plots in the said project, whether with or without

structures thereon; or

(c) any development authority or any other public body in respect of allottees of—

(1) buildings or apartments, as the case may be, constructed by such authority

or body on lands owned by them or placed at their disposal by the

Government, or

(2) plots owned by such authority or body or placed at their disposal by the

Government, for the purpose of selling all or some of the apartments or

plots; or

(d) an apex State level co-operative housing finance society and a primary co-

operative housing society which constructs apartments or buildings for its

members or in respect of the allottees of such apartments or buildings; or

(e) any other person who acts himself as a builder, colonizer, contractor,

promoter, estate developer or by any other name or claims to be acting as the

holder of a power of attorney from the owner of the land on which the building

or apartment is constructed or plot is developed for sale; or

(f) such other person who constructs any building or apartment for sale to the

general public.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, where the person who constructs or

converts a building into apartments or develops a plot for sale and the persons who sells

apartments or plots are different persons, both of them shall be deemed to be the

promoters and shall be jointly liable as such for the functions and responsibilities

specified in these rules;

“Development” means development with its grammatical variations means the carrying out

of building, engineering, mining or other operations in or over, or under land or

water or the making of any material change, in any building or land, or in the use of

any building or land, and includes re-development and layout for sub-division of

any land, and “to develop” shall be construed accordingly.

“Drain” means a system or a line of pipes, with their fittings and accessories such as

manholes, inspection chambers, traps gullies, floor traps used for drainage of building

or yards appurtenant to the buildings within the same cartilage. A drain includes an open

channel for conveying surface water or a system for the removal of any liquid.

“Dwelling” means a building or a portion there of which is designed or used wholly or

principally for residential purposes. This shall not include boarding or rooming

houses, tents, tourist camps, hotels for other structures designed or used primarily

for transient residents.

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“Dwelling Unit” means a shelter consisting of residential accommodation for one family. It

is an independent housing unit with separate facilities for living, cooking and

sanitary requirements.

“Enforcement Authority” means the, Municipal Commissioners of the ULBs and

Panchayat Secretaries of the respective Gram Panchayats;

“Existing Building” means use of a building or a structure existing authorized before the

commencement of these Regulations.

“Existing Use” means use of a building or a structure existing authorized before the

commencement of these Regulations.

“Floor” means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building,

and does not include a Mezzanine Floor. The floor at ground level with a direct

access to a street or open space shall be called the Ground Floor; the floor above it

shall be termed as Floor 1, with the next higher floor being termed as Floor 2, and

so on upwards. Similarly the floors below ground levels shall be termed as

Basement Floor 1, Basement Floor 2 with number decreasing downwards.

“Land” includes benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth or permanently

fastened to anything attached to the earth.

“Land Use” means the principal use of land for which a plot of land or building thereon is

used or intended to be used. For the purpose of classification of a plot according to

the land uses, a land use shall deem to include subsidiary land uses which are

contingent upon it.

“Licensed/Town Planner/Architect/Engineer/Structural

Engineer/Supervisor” means a qualified Town Planner, Architect, Engineer,

Structural Engineer, Supervisor who has been licensed by the Competent

Authority under relevant rules and also called as Licensed Technical Personnel.

“Neighborhood Centre and Civic Centre” means Neighborhood Centre and Civic Center

shall include following activities such as sectoral shopping center, market, office

building, cinema, small hospital, playground, swimming pool, Town hall, open air

theatre, civic and cultural facilities, library, higher secondary school, parking plots,

public utility and service building such as post office, fire station, police station,

religious building and building of public uses.

“Non-conforming Building or Use” means a building, structure or use of land existing at

the time of commencement of these regulations and which does not conform to the

regulations pertaining to the zone in which it is situated.

“Occupancy or Use” means the principal occupancy or use for which a building or a part

of it is used or intended to be used, including contingent subsidiary occupancies;

mixed occupancy building being those in which more than one occupancy are

present in different portions of the building.

“Open Space” means an area, forming an integral part of the site left open to the sky and

includes area left for community purposes.

“Owner” means the person who receives the rent for the use of the land or building or

would be entitled to do so if they were let.

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NOTE: The term Owner is synonymous with the term ‘applicant’.

(a) An agency or trustee who receives such rent on behalf of the owner,

(b) A receiver, executor or administrator or manager appointed by any court of

competent jurisdiction to have the charge of or to exercise the right of the owner,

(c) An agency or trustee who receives the rent of or is entrusted with or is concerned

with any building devoted to religious or charitable purposes,

(d) A mortgage of a lease holder so empowered.

“Parking Space” means an area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open, sufficient in size

to park vehicles, together with a drive way connecting the parking space with a

street or alley and permitting ingress and egress of the vehicles.

“Permanent Open Air Space” means air space permanently open--

(a) If it is a street,

(b) If its freedom from encroachment is protected by any low or contract ensuring

that the ground below it is either a street or is permanently and irrevocably

appropriated as an open space.

(c) In determining the open air space required for construction of a building, any

space occupied by an existing structure may, if it is ultimately to become a

permanently open air space, be treated as if it were already such a place.

“Plot” means a portion of land held in single or joint ownership enclosed by definite

boundaries other than the land used, allotted, earmarked or set apart for any street,

lane, passage, pathway, conservancy lane or for any other public purpose.

“Road/Street” means any highway, street, lane, pathway, alley, stairway, passageway,

carriageway, footway, square place or bridge, whether a thoroughfare or not, over

which the public have a right of passage or access or have passed and had access

uninterruptedly for a specified period, whether existing or proposed in any

scheme, and includes all bunds channels, ditches, storm-water drains, culverts,

sidewalks, traffic islands, road-side trees and, hedges retaining walls, fences,

barriers and railings within the street lines.

“Road/Street-Level or Grade” means the officially established elevation or grade of the

centre line of the street upon which a plot fronts, and if there is no officially

established grade, the existing grade of the street at its mid- point.

“Road/Street Line” means the line defining the side limits of a road/street.

“Service-Road” means a lane from a wider street provided at the front of a plot for service

purposes.

“Utility” means roads, streets, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, playgrounds,

gardens, water supply, electric supply, street lighting, drainage, sewerage, public

works and other utilities, communication network, services and convenience.

“Village Settlement or Grama Khantam or Agraharam or Abadi” means all lands that

have been included as Agraharam/Abadi by the Government/ Collector within the site of

village and includes existing village hamlets.

“Warehouse” or “Godown" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is

used or intended to be used for the storage of goods whether for storing or for sale

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or for any similar purpose. It is neither a domestic nor a public building, nor merely

a shop if so used not a store attached to and used for the proper functioning of a

shop.

“Water Course" means a natural channel or an artificial channel formed by draining or

diversion of a natural channel meant for carrying storm and waste water.

“Water Bodies” means the designated areas for flow of water such as Nallas, Canals,

Vagus, River etc. and designated areas for storage of water such as Tanks, Cheruvu, SS

Tanks etc. The measurement of all water bodies should be as per irrigation

records/revenue records and in case of any discrepancy the relevant revenue/irrigation

records stands final.

“Width of a Street / Road” means the clear average width of the existing carriage way and

footpaths only on which the building or plot line abuts. The average width shall be

computed by taking length of street between two extreme points on building unit

abutting the street at right angles to the direction of such streets excluding the steps

projections, forecourts, open areas of other spaces in front of the building erected or

intended to be erected. However in case where a regular line of street is prescribed

by the Competent Authority, such width shall be considered for the purpose of

computing building height. And when applied to a new road/street the road width

means the whole extent of space within the boundaries of a road as laid down in the

City Survey or development plan or prescribed road lines by any Act or land and

measured at right angles to the course or intended course of direction of such road

“Zonal Development Plan” means a plan detailing out the proposals of Master

Plan/Development Plan prepared under the provisions of the Act.

3. ZONING REGULATIONS

In the Proposed Land Use Plan of the Master Plan, various land use zones are proposed

under two broad categories (A) Development Promotion Zone [DPZ] and (B)Protected Use

Zone [PR] having their zonal boundaries as indicated shall be regulated as per the regulations

given below.

(A) Under the Development Promotion Zone [DPZ], the land use zones

proposed are:

(1)

Residential Use Zone (R),

(2)

Commercial Use Zone(C),

(3)

Mixed Use Zone(M),

(4)

Industrial Use Zone(I),

a. Work Centre zone (Green and White Industries)

b. Hazardous /Polluting industrial zone (Red and Orange

Industries)

(5)

Public and Semi-Public Use (Institutional) Zone (PS),

(6)

Public Utilities Use Zone (PU),

(7)

Recreational Open Space Use Zone (RE)

(8)

Transportation Use Zone(T),

(9)

Agricultural Use Zone(A) and

(B) Under Protected Use Zone [PR], the land uses proposed are:

(1)

Protected (Blue)

(2)

Protected (Green)

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Except as otherwise provided, no structure or land hereinafter shall be used and no structure

shall be erected, re-erected or altered unless its use is in conformity with these regulations. The uses

not mentioned below may be treated as prohibited against their uses.

The Zoning Regulations contain the following classification of broad land use zones. These

regulations specify uses that are permissible in the normal course in each land use zones.

(A) DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION ZONE [DPZ]

Residential Use Zone

In the Residential use Zone, buildings or premises shall be normally permitted only for the

following purposes and accessory uses.

S.no

Allowable Activities

Required Road

Width

3.1.1

All residential buildings

Apartments/Group Housing

Group Development Schemes

Shop cum residences

Residential Township

3.1.2

Hostels

Boarding House

3.1.3

Community

Halls/Auditorium

(Constructed

by

the

Government Agencies)

Night Shelter, Dharmashala, homes for senior citizens,

orphanages, physically challenged/ disabled/handicapped

people, Clubs, Cultural and Philanthropic associations of

non- commercial nature

Community center without commercial activity

3.1.4

Guest houses

Service Apartment

Bachelor quarters

Staff Quarters

3.1.5

Post-offices

Police stations

Fire stations

Individual Professional Offices

Electric sub-stations

Community toilets/Public toilets

Disaster Risk resilience center

Government/Semi Government/Local body offices

3.1.6

Professional establishments up to plot area of 500 sq.m

12 m

3.1.7

Playgrounds and Play fields

Games facilities Indoor and Outdoor

18 m

Exhibition and art gallery

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Libraries

Gardens

Parks

Tot-lots

Plant nurseries

SPA, Beauty parlor

Aerobic Center

Gymnasium

Swimming pool

Yoga centers / health clinics

3.1.8

All White category industries are permissible (as per the list

enclosed in Annexure A)

3.1.9

Tiffin

centers/Restaurants/Food

Courts/Curry

point

Bakeries/canteen/Juice centers

12 m

3.1.10

Professional establishments in individual buildings within

plot area up to 500 sq.m

3.1.11

Nursery School

Primary School

12 m

High school

Research institutes (non-hazardous nature)

Technical training centers

Tutorial Institutions

18 m

3.1.12

Banks/ATM

Internet café centres

12 m

Departmental stores

IT enabled services on independent plots

Electronic printing press

Computer software units

18 m

3.1.13

Three-wheeler stands

Bus stops

Vehicle parking including multilevel car parking

3.1.14

Cell/Mobile Towers

3.1.15

Weekly markets

3.1.16

Religious premises (Temples, Mosques, Churches

and other religious buildings etc)

3.1.17

Kalyanamandapam/Function Hall

18 m

3.1.18

Clinic/Dispensary/Medical

shops/First

Aid

centers

3.1.19

Nursing Homes/Hospitals in the plots with not more than

500 sq.m

Diagnosis centers in the plots with not more than 500 sq.m.

12 m

15

3.1.20

Diagnosis centers in the plots with 500 sq.m. to 1000 sq.m

Nursing Homes/Hospitals in the plots with 500 sq.m to 1000

sq.m

18 m

3.1.21

Petrol filling stations without service stations

18 m

3.1.22

Retail Gas outlets/LPG (without Godown)

9 m

3.1.23

Battery Recharge stations

9 m

*Govt. is empowered to declare any potential Road for allowing Commercial Activity

subject to payment of Impact fee as Prescribed.

Commercial Use

S.No.

Allowable Activities

Required Road Width

3.2.1

All uses permissible in residential uses are

permissible

3.2.2

Restaurants & Bar/Canteen/Eating houses

Hotels

Banquet halls

Lodges

3.2.3

Educational institutions like Primary Schools

All other educational institutions

18 m

3.2.4

Offices

Banks

Financial institutions

Stock exchanges

Hostels

12 m

3.2.5

Family entertainment centres

18 m

3.2.6

Hospitals

Bio-informatics centres

3.2.7

Public utility buildings

Government offices research and social

services institutions

Govt./Semi-Govt/Local Body Offices

3.2.8

Petrol/Gas/Diesel/Bio-Diesel filing stations with

service stations

Weigh bridges

3.2.9

IT Parks

Manufacture of computer hardware

3.2.10

Newspaper offices with printing press

All white and green category industries are

permissible (as per the list enclosed in Annexure A)

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3.2.11

Taxi and scooter stands

Transport terminals viz. Bus bays/local bus

stands/Bus terminals and Depots / Railway

/ Metro / BRTS Stations/Yards

Truck Parking

3.2.12

Cinema Theatres/Miniplex/Multiplex Such uses

for public gathering

3.2.13

Large scale commercial establishments

Automobile Showrooms and service stations

Wholesale shops

Professional business establishments

3.2.14

Malls, Hospitality including Hotels

Motels

Holiday Resorts

3.2.15

Film and allied Production Activities - Film and

Video Shooting Sites, Film Studios on

Land not less than 2.5 ha with studio and other

related facilities

3.2.16

Convention Centers

3.2.17

Kalyanamandapam/Function Hall

3.2.18

Warehouses and other uses connected with storage

of wholesale trade in commodities

Whole sale markets and Mandis

Fruit and Vegetable markets

Meat and fish markets

Cattle fair ground

where

minimum

road

width is 18m in respect of

municipalities

3.2.19

Timber storage

Cold storages and ripening chambers

Weigh bridges

Gas Godowns

3.2.20

Broadcasting, telecasting and

telecommunication stations

3.2.21

Private helipads subject to clearance by Civil

Aviation department

*In this zone impact fee shall be levied for all buildings other than residential as

prescribed by the government from time to time.

Mixed Use:

All activities permissible in Residential use zone are permissible in mixed use including the

following:

Allowable activities

Required Road width

3.3.1

Banks and Safe Deposit Vaults

Business Office

Other Commercial or Financial Institutions

(occupying a floor area not exceeding 500 sq.m.)

12 m

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3.3.2

Public Utility Buildings

Government office

12 m

3.3.3

Hotels

Motels

Restaurants

(occupying a floor area not exceeding 500 sq.m.)

12 m

3.3.4

Malls

Holiday Resorts

Miniplex, Multiplex, Cinema halls

Convention centres/Kalyana mandapam /Function hall

18 m

3.3.5

Hostels

Dormitories

Boarding and Lodging houses

Other Welfare Institutions

(occupying a floor area not exceeding 500 sq.m.)

12 m

3.3.6

All educational Institutions

IT Parks

Manufacture of computer hardware

18 m

3.3.7

Clinics

Hospitals

Dispensaries

Nursing Homes

Other Health facilities

(Occupying a floor area not exceeding 1000 sq.m.)

12 m

3.3.8

Establishments and shops retailing in

-

Vegetables

-

Fruits

-

Flowers

-

Fish

-

Meat

-

Other daily necessities of the residents

-

Departmental stores

(Occupying a floor area not exceeding 500 sq.m.)

12 m

3.3.9

Organized markets

Bakeries

Confectionaries

Laundries

Tailoring

Goldsmith shops

Hairdressing saloons

(Occupying a floor area not exceeding 500 sq.m.)

12 m

3.3.10

Fuel filling stations without service facilities

Automobile service stations

12 m

18

3.3.11

Taxi stands

Car parking including multilevel parking

Automobile workshop with (floor area not exceeding 300

sq.m)

12 m

3.3.12

Broadcasting,telecasting and telecommunication stations

Newspaper offices with printing press

12 m

3.3.13

All white and green category industries are permissible (as

per the list enclosed in Annexure A)

12m

*All buildings except residential abutting to 18 mts. and above road width, impact fee shall be

levied as fixed by the Government from time to time

Industrial Use:

3.4.(a) Work Center Zones

Allowable Activities

Required Road Width

3.4a.1

All types of industries mentioned in Annexure-A

under

Green

and

White

categories Industries

3.4a.2

Wholesale business establishments

Ware-housing & storage

Newspaper offices with printing press

3.4a.3

Petrol filling stations with garages and service

stations

3.4a.4

Contractors’ plants

3.4a.5

Parks and play grounds

Sports and recreation uses

3.4a.6

Public utility buildings

3.4a.7

Restaurants

3.4a.8

Transport

terminals

for

goods

and

passengers

Junk yards

Taxi stands

Stock yards

3.4a.9

Residential buildings for staff

Shops, Watch and Ward staff quarters incidental

to main use

3.4a.10

Loading and unloading spaces

3.4a.11

Commercial entertainment of a transient nature

like circus

3.4a.12

Hospitals

Nursing homes

Dispensary

Up to 1000 Sq.m. site area

and 18 m road

3.4a.13

Technical and research institutions

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3.4a.14

Quarrying of Clay and Stone

Quarrying of Gravel

3.4a.15

Sewage farms

Public utilities like garbage and sewage disposal

municipal and

Government

offices

3.4a.16

Goods and Logistic Hubs

3.4a.17

All uses

that

are

permissible

under

Traffic & Transportation use

3.4a.18

Microwave towers

Power plants

3.4a.19

Parking lot (including multi-level)

Bus and truck terminals

3.4a.20

Dairy and poultry farms

3.4a.21

Slaughter house and meat processing unit

3.4a.22

Automobile Service station

3.4a.23

Ice and freezing plants with power

3.4a.24

Gas Godowns

3.4.(b) Hazardous /Polluting industrial zone

Allowable Activities

Required Road Width

3.4b.1

All types

of industries mentioned in

Annexure-A under

Red and Orange

categories Industries

3.4b.2

All other usage permissible from 3.4a.2 to

3.4a.24 are permissible

Public and Semi-Public Use (Institutional) Zone:

Allowable Activities

Required Road

Width

3.5.1

Local

State

Central government offices and uses

Semi Government

Public undertaking offices and uses

Uses incidental to government offices and their use

Radio transmission and wireless stations

Municipal and community facilities

Public utilities

3.5.2

Defense uses

Research and development centers

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3.5.3

Libraries

All educational and medical institutions

3.5.4

All types of Hospitals

Health/primary center

3.5.5

Social, welfare and cultural institutions

3.5.6

Religious buildings/centers

Religious and Welfare Institutions along with residential

quarters

3.5.7

Art galleries

Monuments

3.5.8

Conference halls

Function halls

Kalyana Mandapams

Auditoriums

3.5.9

Off street parking

3.5.10

Burial ground

Cemeteries and crematoria

3.5.11

Sports stadium

Swimming pools

Gardens, Parks, play grounds and other recreational uses

requiring extensive open space

Exhibitions and fair grounds

Special recreational areas

Picnic spots

Geological and botanical gardens

Museums

Aquarium

Water fronts and areas of scenic interest and national

parks

Open air theatres

Temporary uses for exhibition

Circus fair festivals

Welfare center

Auditorium

recreational club

Golf Courses

Race courses/Gokarting/Racing track

Shooting ranges

Amusement Parks and Theme Parks

Stables

Planetarium

Horticultural nursery

3.5.12

Computer software units

IT

enabled

services

on

independent

plots

having at least 1000 sq.m size.

3.5.13

Residential and other uses incidental to the

main use and in no way causing any nuisance or hazard

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3.5.14

Bank

3.5.15

Guest house

Hostels

3.5.16

Water supply installations

Sewage disposal works

Service stations

Jail

Police station

Post office

3.5.17

Rail and Road terminus

Helipads

Airports/Port

Airport related ancillary uses

Railway station/yard

3.5.18

Educational Institutions like.,

School,

Degree

Colleges

and

Professional

Colleges/ Universities

Polytechnic college

Library

Research and development center

3.5.19

Petrol pump

3.5.20

Residential

plotted

or

group

housing

for

staff/employees as incidental to the main use

Retail shopping centre

3.5.21

Spastic rehabilitation centers

Orphanages

Choultaries

Old age homes

3.5.22

Dobhi Ghat

*The lands earmarked for buffers under HT Lines can be used for service roads and

access to neighbouring fields.

Public Utilities Use Zone:

Allowable Activities

Required Road Width

3.6.1

Road transport terminals(Bus terminals& depots)

Goods Terminals

Parking areas

Truck terminal

Railways

–

Passenger

and

Freight

Terminals

3.6.2

Airports buildings and infrastructure

Helipads

3.6.3

Motor garage

Workshop and incidental amenities

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3.6.4

Booking offices

3.6.5

Transmission center

Wireless station

Radio and television station

Telephone exchange

3.6.6

Observatory and weather office

3.6.7

Petrol filling stations with garages & service

stations

Weigh bridges

3.6.8

Warehousing

3.6.9

Public utility buildings.

3.6.10

Any

other use/activity

incidental to

transport

and

communication

use,

residential units for staff.

3.6.11

Accessory and support shopping activity

3.6.12

Banks

3.6.13

Hotels

Restaurants

Way side amenities.

3.6.14

Night shelter

*Competent Authority can permit any use in Government Land irrespective of its usage

as per Government Orders without pre-Judious to Court Orders.

Recreational Open Space Use Zone:

Allowable Activities

Required Road Width

3.7.1

Regional parks

All other parks

Playgrounds

Children traffic parks

Specialized parks/ Maidans for multi use

3.7.2

Botanical/ Zoological garden

Bird Sanctuary

3.7.3

All

recreational

activities/resorts/tourism

activities/uses which will create tourism promotion

are permissible in this zone subject to obtaining

relevant No objection certificates/ clearances from

the

concerned/

respective

departments

like

irrigation department, River conservation etc to

encourage tourism promotion.

Building and structures ancillary to uses permitted

in open spaces and parks such as stand for

vehicles on hire, subject to the total ground

coverage not exceeding 2%, Camping grounds

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Open air cinemas

Commercials use of transit nature like cinema

Circus and other shows

3.7.4

Holiday resorts having minimum plot area of 10

acres with ground coverage not

exceeding 5%.

3.7.5

Film Studios/city having minimum plot area of 10

acres, with ground coverage not exceeding 10%

Transportation Use Zone:

In the Traffic and Transport use zone, building or premises shall normally be permitted

only for the following purposes and accessory uses:

Allowable Activities

Required Road width

3.8.1

Aerial Ropeway

3.8.2

Airport

3.8.3

Auto Garages & Repair Shops and facilities

such as night shelters

3.8.4

Automobile Showrooms

Logistic Park / Ware houses / CFS- Container

Freight Station

3.8.5

Bus Bays & Local Bus Stand

Bus Terminus & Depot

3.8.6

Cold Storage

3.8.7

Container Terminal

3.8.8

Convention Centers

Exhibition Grounds

3.8.9

Electrical Substation

Fire Station / Disaster risk resilience Centre

Fuel Filling Station / Petrol / Gas / Diesel / Bio

Diesel

3.8.10

Garden, Parks

3.8.11

Helipad, Heliport

3.8.12

Hotels

Lodging / Guest Houses

Restaurant / Canteen / Eating houses

3.8.13

Jetty along navigable water bodies, rivers,

canals, sea

3.8.14

Truck Parking

Multi-level Parking, Open Parking/Taxi

/ Auto Rickshaw Stand

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3.8.15

All Govt. Offices

Police Outpost & Police / Traffic Police

Station

RTO

3.8.16

Piped Gas Control Station,

3.8.17

Railway / Metro / BRTS Station,

3.8.18

Retail

trade

and

services

including

bank branch

3.8.19

Second Hand Junk goods and Junk yards

3.8.20

Sewerage

Treatment

Plant,

Solid

Waste Disposal and Treatment Sites /

Landfills

3.8.21

Staff Quarters Incidental to main use

3.8.22

Trade Center

3.8.23

Market / Weekly Bazaar

3.8.24

All Commercial uses as incidental to main use

shall

be

permitted

including

shopping

complex, malls, miniplex/multiplex etc. and

prior approval of DTCP may be obtained

provided that separate parking space shall be

provided as per AP Buildings Rules along with

other conditions as per AP Building Rules

and its Amendments.

*All activities permissible in commercial zone are permissible in transportation use

zone.

Agricultural Use Zone:

Allowable Activities

Required Road

Width

3.9.1

All agricultural uses and Horticulture uses

Diary and Cattle/Cow Shed, Gaushallas, Emu Farms,

Stud Farms

Cattle fairgrounds

Piggeries, poultry farms, animal and bird farms

Fish farms

Forestry

Pisciculture, Floriculture

Aqua farms

Hatcheries

3.9.2

Electric Sub-stations

Receiving stations

Water tanks and reservoirs

Burial/burning grounds or crematoria and brick kilns

All types of brick/block industries

Pre-cast cement industries

Ready mix concrete plants

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3.9.3

a.

The farm house buildings/ layouts are permissible

which incidental uses to agriculture, horticulture garden.

Approval/permission to be obtained from competent

authority duly following the specifications given below

and the procedure as per the norms.

b. Farm-house layouts for Agricultural activities:

Minimum width of internal gravel road shall be 9.00

m and minimum plot area of 2000 sqm and no sub-

division of plot is allowed.

In the layout plots building permission shall be

accorded by the competent authority with plinth area

not exceeding 5%coverage, with 200 Sqm.in

aggregate whichever is less consisting of G+1 floor

only, rest of the plot shall be in use with cultivation /

plantation.

Site must have access through existing public road,

Puntha, Gorge etc.,

Farmhouse buildings are allowed in approved

farmhouse layouts by competent

authority. Duly obtains building permission from

competent authority

c. Farm-house in Agricultural Land use:

Minimum farmhouse site shall not be less than 0.2

Ha or 0.5 Acres.

Floor area shall not exceed 200sqm. in aggregate or

5% of ground coverage whichever is less.

Shall not exceed more than G+1 Upper Floor.

Maximum height – 8 m.

Site must have access through existing public road,

Puntha, Gorge

d. Not applicable for the lands intentionally / unauthorized

sub-divided duly forming new roads.

Residential layouts are permissible up to 5 Ha. subject

to construction of individual residential building at

least in 25% of total no. of plots and a minimum built

up area of 750sq.ft of each dwelling unit.

As per layout

rules in force

3.9.4

All white and green category industries are

permissible (as per the list enclosed in Annexure A)

9 m

3.9.5

Petrol Pump and other fuel filling stations

12 m

3.9.6

Storing and drying of fertilizers incidental to the

agricultural operations

3.9.7

Camping sites and other recreational uses

Parks and play grounds

3.9.8

Sewage farms and garbage dumps

Water treatment plants

Sewerage Treatment Plant

3.9.9

Function halls

Hospitals and Hostels

All Educational Buildings

Vetinary Hospital

18 m

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3.9.10

Amusement parks such as Disney land type

Eco-tourism activities

Toy trains

Gardens/ Botanical and Geological gardens

Orchards

Nurseries

Golf centers

Race course

Race/Driving testing tracks

Cultural buildings

18 M

3.9.11

Livestock rearing milk chilling centers

12 m

3.9.12

Cold storage/Ripening chambers

Ware house

Storage and sale of farm products locally produced

12 m

3.9.13

Brick kilns

Concrete block

3.9.14

Weigh bridges

12 m

3.9.15

Places of worship

3.9.16

Helipads

18 m

3.9.17

Mini power projects

18 m

3.9.18

Old

age

and

orphanage

homes,

public

utilities such as solid waste landfills

12 m

3.9.19

Check posts and toll gates having access to major

roads

12 m

3.9.20

Truck terminals

18 m

3.9.21

Quarrying and removal of clay and stone up to 3.0m

depth and crushing

3.9.22

Electrical/Battery recharge Stations

9 m

(B)

PROTECTED USE ZONE [PR]

Protected Use Zone [PR]

Allowable Activities

Required Road

Width

3.10.1

Protected (Blue)

Water bodies generally indicates all existing water

courses, rivers, canals, lakes, tanks and Kuntas as

indicated in the topographical sheets published by

the Survey of India/Revenue records/ Irrigation

department/or other competent authorities

The boundary of the water bodies relate to the Full

tank Level as indicated in relevant maps, covering

both perennial and non-perennial parts when such

distinction exists. In water Body no construction is

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permitted in the water-spread.

The only exception is fishing, boating, and picnics

along the banks. The only construction allowed is

open to sky jetties for boating, house boats,

platforms for fishing and rain shelters’ and snack

bars each not exceeding 100 sq.m in area and tourist

amenities.

The measurement of all water bodies should be as

per irrigation records/revenue records and in case of

any discrepancy the relevant revenue/irrigation

records stands final.

3.10.2

Protected Zone (Green)

No development permission shall be allowed except

Agriculture, Horticulture, Mangroves and forestry

use

Parks

Botanical gardens

Picnic spots

Public utilities

Electrical sub stations

Microwave radar/cell phones tower/T.V. tower and

station are permitted in the zone.

Quarrying is allowed in the Hillock area subject to

prior NOC from the relevant departments viz.

namely Revenue, Mining, Forest etc.

*Proposed buffer to water bodies, HT lines, Railway property etc. also comes in protected zone

(Green)

Note:

1. Where ever minimum Road width is not specified in above all usages, the Road

widths specified in A.P. Building Rules-2017 and its Amendments shall be

applicable.

2. Government is empowered to levy special impact fee on any Proposed/ newly

formed NH/SH/Bypass/Ring roads/any other major roads within the vicinity on

either side of above said roads as fixed by the government from time to time.

3. The land use abutting to the public access will deemed to be attributed to the entire

property either for single/ amalgamated sites.

4. Where an recreational open space proposed in the Statutory Master Plan, the

Sanctioning Authority shall retain the location in the said layout and if not feasible,

he/she is authorized to suitably modify the location with the prior approval of

Competent Authority within the layout site but reduction of extent/deletion of

recreational open space is not allowed.

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Annexure-A

Categories of Industries/Projects/Activities

The Central Pollution Control Board vide order issued to APPCB on 7th March, 2016 under section

18 (1) (b) of the Water Act, 1974 and Section 18 (1) (b) of the Air Act, 1981 directed to adopt

revised criteria of categorisation of industrial sectors communicated with the orders. Revised list of

Red, Orange, Green and White category of industrial sectors shall be used by PCB for Consent

Management and Inventorization of Industries under R/O/G/W categories.

I.

Red Category

Sl.No.

Industry sector

1

Isolated storage of hazardous chemicals (as per schedule of manufacturing, storage of

hazardous chemicals rules ,1989 as amended

2

Automobile Manufacturing (integrated facilities)

i.

Such types of plants are having either one or combinations of polluting activities

viz. washing, metal surface finishing operations, pickling, plating, electro-plating

, phosphating, painting , heat treatment etc.

ii.

Some of such plants may outsource some /all of the polluting activities. In such

cases, after thorough inspection of such units by concerned SPCB, re-

categorization of the industry shall be made accordingly.

3

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Spent cleared metal

catalyst containing copper,, Spent cleared metal catalyst containing zinc..

4

Manufacturing of lubricating oils, grease petroleum-based products

5

DG Set of capacity > 5 MVA

6

Industrial carbon including electrodes and graphite blocks, activated carbon, carbon black

7

Lead acid battery manufacturing (excluding assembling and charging of lead-acid battery

in micro scale)

8

Phosphate rock processing plant

9

Power generation plant [except Wind and Solar renewable power plants of all capacities

and Mini Hydel power plant of capacity <25MW]

10

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW (M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Spent catalyst containing

nickel, cadmium, Zinc, copper, arsenic, vanadium and cobalt,

11

Processes involving chlorinated hydrocarbons

12

Sugar (excluding Khandsari)

13

Fiber glass production and processing (excluding molding)

14

Fire crackers manufacturing and bulk storage facilities

15

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Dismantlers Recycling

Plants — Components of waste electrical and electronic assembles comprising

accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, activated glass

culets from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or any other

component contaminated with Schedule 2 constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead,

polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they exhibit hazard characteristics indicated in

part C of this Schedule.

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16

Milk processes and dairy products (integrated project)

17

Phosphorous and its compounds

18

Pulp & Paper (waste paper based without bleaching process to manufacture Kraft paper)

19

Coke making, liquefaction, coal tar distillation or fuel gas making

20

Manufacturing of explosives, detonators, fuses including management and handling

activities

21

Manufacturing of paints varnishes, pigments and intermediate (excluding blending/mixing)

22

Organic Chemicals manufacturing

23

Airports and Commercial Air Strips

24

Asbestos and asbestos based industries

25

Cement

26

Chlorates, per-chlorates & peroxides

27

Chlorine, fluorine, bromine, iodine and their compounds

28

Dyes and Dye- Intermediates

29

Health-care Establishment (as defined in BMW Rules)

i.

Mainly water polluting.

ii.

The water pollution score is normalized to 100 & valid for Hospitals having total

waste-water generation > 100 KLD.

iii.

The hospitals with incinerator will be categorized as Red irrespective of the

quantity of the waste -water generation.

iv.

The hospitals having Total waste-water generation less than 100 KLD and

without incinerator, the normalized water pollution score will be 50 and will

be categorized as orange category

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Hotels having overall waste- water generation @ 100 KLD and more.

i.

Mainly water polluting. Small boiler may be installed.

ii.

The water pollution score is normalized to 100 & valid for hotels having waste-

water generation > 100 KLD.

iii.

The hotels having more than 20 rooms and waste-water generation less than 100

KLD and having a coal / oil fired boiler, the pollution score will be 35/40 & are

categorized as Orange.

iv.

The hotels having more than 20 rooms and waste-water generation less than 10

KLD and having no-boiler & no hazardous waste generation, the pollution score

will be 20 & are categorized as Green.

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Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW (M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Lead acid battery plates

and other lead scrap/ashes/residues not covered under Batteries (Management and

Handling) Rules, 2001. [ * Battery scrap, namely: Lead battery plates covered by ISRI,

Code word “Rails” Battery lugs covered by ISRI, Code word “Rakes”. Scrap drained/dry

while intact, lead batteries covered by ISRI, Code word “rains”.

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32

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Integrated Recycling

Plants — Components of waste electrical and electronic assembles comprising

accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury- switches, activated glass

culets from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or any other

component contaminated with Schedule 2 constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead,

polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they exhibit hazard characteristics indicated in

part C of this Schedule.

33

Manufacturing of glue and gelatin

34

Mining and ore beneficiation

35

Nuclear power plant

36

Pesticides (technical) (excluding formulation)

37

Photographic film and its chemicals

38

Railway locomotive work shop/Integrated Road transport workshop/Authorized service

centers

39

Yarn / Textile processing involving any effluent/emission generating processes including

bleaching, dyeing, printing and coloring

40

Chlor Alkali

41

Ship Breaking Industries

42

Oil and gas extraction including CBM (offshore & on-shore extraction through drilling

wells)

43

Industry or process involving metal surface treatment or process such as pickling/

electroplating/paint stripping/ heat treatment using cyanide bath/ phosphating or finishing

and anodizing / enamellings/ galvanizing

44

Tanneries

45

Ports and harbor, jetties and dredging operations

46

Synthetic fibers including rayon, tyre cord, polyester filament yarn

47

Thermal Power Plants

48

Slaughter house (as per notification S.O.270(E)dated 26.03.2001) and meat processing

industries, bone mill, processing of animal horn, hoofs and other body parts

49

Aluminum Smelter

50

Copper Smelter

51

Fertilizer (basic) (excluding formulation)

52

Iron & Steel (involving processing from ore/ integrated steel plants) and or Sponge Iron

units

53

Pulp & Paper ( waste paper based units with bleaching process to manufacture writing &

printing paper)

54

Zinc Smelter

55

Oil Refinery (mineral Oil or Petro Refineries)

56

Petrochemicals Manufacturing (including processing of Emulsions of oil and water )

57

Pharmaceuticals

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58

Pulp & Paper ( Large-Agro + wood), Small Pulp & Paper (agro based- heat straw/rice

husk)

59

Distillery ( molasses / grain / yeast based)

II.

Orange Category

S.NO

INDUSTRY SECTOR

1

Dismantling of rolling stocks ( wagons/ coaches)

2

Bakery and confectionery units with production capacity > 1 TPD. ( With ovens / furnaces)

3

Chanachur and ladoo from puffed and beaten rice( muri and shira) using husk fired oven

4

Coated electrode manufacturing

5

Compact disc computer floppy and cassette manufacturing / Reel manufacturing

6

Flakes from rejected PET bottle

7

Food and food processing including fruits and vegetable processing

8

Jute processing without dyeing

9

Manufacturing of silica gel

10

Manufacturing of tooth powder, toothpaste, talcum powder and other cosmetic items

11

Printing or etching of glass sheet using hydrofluoric acid

12

Silk screen printing, sari printing by wooden blocks

13

Synthetic detergents and soaps(excluding formulation)

This is the score for units having generation of waste-waters less than 100 KLD.

The units having waste- water generation more than 100 KLD will become mainly water

polluting and accordingly normalized water pollution score will be 75 and be categorized

as Red.

14

Thermometer manufacturing

15

Cotton spinning and weaving (medium and large scale)

16

Almirah, Grill Manufacturing (Dry Mechanical Process ) Air pollution due to spray

painting (emissions of VOCs). Units without painting operations shall be categorized as

White.

17

Aluminium & copper extraction from scrap using oil fired furnace (dry process only)

18

Automobile servicing, repairing and painting (excluding only fuel dispensing) Normal water

& air polluting and recyclable waste oil generating. If the waste water generation is more

than

100 KLD, it will become mainly water polluting and Red category unit.

19

Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicine

20

Brickfields ( excluding fly ash brick manufacturing using lime process)

21

Building and construction project more than 20,000 sq. m built up area

In the pre-construction stage, it is mainly air polluting due to generation of dust (PM)

emissions.

After construction, it is mainly water polluting. If the discharge is more than 100 KLD, it

will be having the normalized score of 75 and be categorized as Red.

22

Building and construction project more than 20,000 sq. m built up area

Mainly air polluting industry.

This score is for the units having coal consumption < than 12 MT/day.

For the units having coal consumption > 12 MT /day, the normalized air pollution score will

be 62.5 and shall be categorized as Red.

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23

Coal washeries

24

Dairy and dairy products ( small scale)

25

DG set of capacity > 1MVA but < 5MVA

26

Dry coal processing, mineral processing, industries involving ore sintering,

pelletisating, grinding & pulverization

27

Fermentation industry including manufacture of yeast, beer, distillation of alcohol

(Extra Neutral Alcohol)

Mainly water polluting industry. This is the normalized water pollution score for units having

discharge < 100 KLD..

For the units having discharge > 100 KLD, the normalized water pollution score will be 75

and shall be accordingly categorized as Red.

28

Ferrous and Non- ferrous metal extraction involving different furnaces through melting,

refining, re-processing, casting and alloy- making Mainly air polluting.

This score is applicable to secondary production of ferrous & non-ferrous metals

(excluding lead) up –to 1 MT/hour production.

For lead, the normalized air pollution score will be = (100*25)/40=62.5 and is categorized as

Red.

For Induction Furnace clubbed with AOD furnace – separate calculation shall be made based

on the capacity of the furnaces. In such industries, the molten metal from induction furnace is

transferred to AOD furnace where other metals like manganese and nickel are added to get the

metal of desired constituents. The lime and silicon are also added for reduction of the metal

oxides to the base metal. the normalized air pollution score will be = (100*25)/40=62.5 and

is categorized as Red.

29

Fertilizer (granulation / formulation / blending only)

30

Fish feed, poultry feed and cattle feed

31

Fish processing and packing (excluding chilling of fishes)

32

Forging of ferrous and non- ferrous metals ( using oil and gas fired furnaces)

33

Formulation/pelletization of camphor tablets, naphthalene balls from camphor/ naphthalene

powders.

34

Glass ceramics, earthen potteries and tile manufacturing using oil and as fired kilns, coating

on glasses using cerium fluorides and magnesium fluoride etc.

35

Gravure printing, digital printing on flex, vinyl

36

Heat treatment using oil fired furnace ( without cyaniding)

37

Hot mix plants

38

Hotels (< 3 star) or hotels having ≷ 20 rooms and less than 100 rooms.

39

Ice cream

40

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Paint and ink

Sludge/residues

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41

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Brass Dross, Copper Dross,,

Copper Oxide Mill Scale,, Copper Reverts, Cake & Residues,, Waste Copper and copper

alloys in Dispersible form,, Slags from copper processing for further processing or refining,

Insulated Copper Wire,, Scrap/copper with PVC sheathing including ISRI-code material

namely “Druid”, Jelly filled Copper cables, Zinc Dross-Hot dip Galvanizers SLAB,, Zinc

Dross-Bottom Dross,, Zinc ash/Skimming arising from galvanizing and die casting

operations,, Zinc ash/Skimming/other zinc bearing wastes arising from smelting and refining,,

Zinc ash and residues including zinc alloy residues in dispersible from

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Industry or processes involving foundry operations

This score is valid for the foundries having capacity < 5 MT/hr as such units require the

coal/coke @ < 500 kg/hr.

The units having capacity of 5 MT/hr and more, the coal/coke consumption will be more than

500 kg/hr and the normalized score will be 62.5 and classified accordingly as Red.

43

Lime manufacturing (using lime kiln)

44

Liquid floor cleaner, black phenyl, liquid soap, glycerol mono-stearate manufacturing Both air

and water pollution are generated

45

Manufacturing of glass Mainly air polluting (melting at 1500ºC and refining.)

In case of lead glass , the score of A1 will be 25 and accordingly the normalized scores will be

62.5 i.e. Red

46

Manufacturing of iodized salt from crude/ raw salt

47

Manufacturing of mirror from sheet glass

48

Manufacturing of mosquito repellent coil

49

Manufacturing of Starch/Sago

50

Mechanized laundry using oil fired boiler

51

Modular wooden furniture from particle board, MDF< swan timber etc, Ceiling tiles/

partition board from saw dust, wood chips etc., and other agricultural waste using synthetic

adhesive resin, wooden box making (With boiler)

1. Mainly air polluting. Boiler as well as VOCs from use of adhesives.

2. Without boiler, it will be a Green category industry.

52

New highway construction project

53

Non-alcoholic beverages(soft drink) & bottling of alcohol/non alcoholic products

Both air and water polluting. Score is normalized with air & water pollution. This score is

valid for industries having waste-water generation < 100 KLD.

For the units having waste-water generation > 100 KLD the , normalized score would be 62.5

and categorized as Red.

54

Paint blending and mixing (Ball mill)

55

Paints and varnishes (mixing and blending)

56

Ply-board manufacturing( including Veneer and laminate) with oil fired boiler/ thermic fluid

heater(without resin plant)

57

Potable alcohol ( IMFL) by blending, bottling of alcohol products

58

Printing ink manufacturing

59

Printing press

60

Reprocessing of waste plastic including PVC

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61

Rolling mill (oil or coal fired) and cold rolling mill

62

Spray painting, paint baking, paint shipping

63

Steel and steel products using various furnaces like blast furnace /open hearth

furnace/induction furnace/arc furnace/submerged arc furnace /basic oxygen furnace /hot

rolling reheated furnace

64

Stone crushers

65

Surgical and medical products including prophylactics and latex

66

Tephlon based products

67

Thermocol manufacturing ( with boiler)

68

Tobacco products including cigarettes and tobacco/opium processes

69

Transformer repairing/ manufacturing ( dry process only)

70

Tyres and tubes vulcanization/ hot retreating

71

Vegetable oil manufacturing including solvent extraction and refinery / hydrogenated oils All

sorts of pollution are generated.

This score is valid for plants having waste-water generation < 100 KLD.

If the waste-water generation is more than 100 KLD, the unit shall be classified as Red.

72

Wire drawing and wire netting

73

Dry cell battery ( excluding manufacturing of electrodes) and assembling & charging of

acid lead battery on micro scale

74

Pharmaceutical formulation and for R & D purpose ( For sustained release/ extended release

of drugs only and not for commercial purpose)

All sorts of pollution are generated.

R&D activities are to be shifted to Red category.

76

Synthetic resins

77

Synthetic rubber excluding molding

78

Cashew nut processing

79

Coffee seed processing

80

Parboiled Rice Mills

Rice Mills are generating both air and water pollution. Waste-waters are having high strength

in respect of BOD.

This is the normalized air & water pollution score for units having waste-water generation <

100 KLD and fuel consumption less than 12 MTD.

For units having waste-water generation > 100 KLD or fuel consumption > 12 MTD or

both, the unit shall be classified as Red.

81

Foam manufacturing

82

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Used Oil – As per

specifications

prescribed from time to time.

82

Industries engaged in recycling / reprocessing/ recovery/reuse of Hazardous Waste under

schedule iv of HW( M, H& TBM) rules, 2008 – Items namely – Waste Oil – As per

specifications prescribed from time to time.

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Producer gas plant using conventional up drift coal gasification ( linked to rolling mills

glass and ceramic industry refectories for dedicated fuel supply)

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III.

Green Category

S.NO

INDUSTRY SECTOR

1

Aluminum utensils from aluminum circles by pressing only (dry mechanical operation)

2

Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines (without boiler)

3

Bakery /confectionery /sweets products (with production capacity 1 tpd (with gas or electrical

oven)

4

Bi-axially oriented PP film along with metalizing operations

5

Biomass briquettes (sun drying) without using toxic hazardous wastes

6

Blending of mela mine resins & different powder, additives by physical mixing

7

Brass and bell metal utensils manufacturing from circles (dry mechanical operation without

re- rolling facility)

8

Candy

9

Cardboard or corrugated box and paper products (excluding paper or pulp manufacturing and

without using boilers)

10

Carpentry & wooden furniture manufacturing (excluding saw mill) with the help of electrical

(motorized) machines such as electrical wood planner, steel saw cutting circular blade, etc.

11

Cement products (without using asbestos / boiler / steam curing) like pipe, pillar, jafri, well

ring, block/tiles etc.(should be done in closed covered shed to control fugitive emissions)

12

Ceramic colour manufacturing by mixing & blending only (not using boiler and wastewater

recycling process)

13

Chilling plant, cold storage and ice making

14

Coke briquetting (sun drying)

15

Cotton spinning and weaving (small scale)

16

Dal Mills

17

Decoration of ceramic cups and plates by electric furnace

18

Digital printing on PVC clothes

19

Facility of handling, storage and transportation of food grains in bulk

20

Facility of handling, storage and transportation of food grains in bulk

21

Glass , ceramic, earthen potteries, tile and tile manufacturing using electrical kiln or not

involving fossil fuel kiln

22

Glue from starch (physical mixing) with gas / electrically operated oven /boiler.

23

Gold and silver smithy (purification with acid smelting operation and sulphuric acid polishing

operation) (using less or equal to 1 litre of sulphuric acid/ nitric acid per month)

24

Heat treatment with any of the new technology like ultrasound probe, induction hardening,

ionization beam, gas carburizing etc .

25

Insulation and other coated papers (excluding paper or pipe manufacturing)

26

Leather foot wear and leather products (excluding tanning and hide processing except

cottage scale)

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27

Lubricating oil, greases or petroleum-based products (only blending at normal temperature)

28

Manufacturing of pasted veneers using gas fired boiler or thermic fluid heater and by sun

drying

29

Oil mill Ghani and extraction (no hydrogenation / refining)

30

Packing materials manufacturing from non-asbestos fiber, vegetable fiber yarn

31

Phenyl/toilet cleaner formulation and bottling

32

Polythene and plastic processed products manufacturing (virgin plastic)

33

Poultry, Hatchery and Piggery

34

Power looms (without dye and bleaching)

35

Puffed rice (muri) (using gas or electrical heating system)

36

Pulverization of bamboo and scrap wood

37

Ready mix cement concrete

38

Reprocessing of waste cotton

39

Rice mill (Rice hullers only)

40

Rolling mill (gas fired) and cold rolling mill

41

Rubber goods industry (with gas operated baby boiler)

42

Saw mills

43

Soap manufacturing (hand made without steam boiling / boiler)

44

Spice grinding (upto-20 HP motor)

45

Spice grinding (> 20 hp motor)

46

Steel furniture without spray painting

47

Steeping and processing of grains

48

Tyres and tube retreating (without boilers)

49

Chilling plant and ice making without using ammonia

50

CO2 recovery

51

Distilled water (without boiler) with electricity as source of heat

52

Hotels (up to 20 rooms and without boilers)

53

Manufacturing of optical lenses (using electrical furnace)

54

Mineralized water

55

Tamarind powder manufacturing

56

Cutting, sizing and polishing of marble stone

57

Emery powder ( fine dust of sand) manufacturing

58

Flyash export, transport & disposal facilities

59

Mineral stack yard / Railway sidings

60

Oil and gas transportation pipeline

37

61

Seasoning of wood in steam heated chamber

62

Synthetic detergent formulation

63

Tea processing ( with boiler) With boiler, it is an orange category industry. Without boiler, it

will be green category industry.

IV.

White Category

S.No.

INDUSTRY SECTOR

1

Assembly of air coolers /conditioners ,repairing and servicing

2

Assembly of bicycles ,baby carriages and other small non motorizing vehicles

3

Bailing (hydraulic press) of waste papers

4

Bio fertilizer and bio-pesticides without using inorganic chemicals

5

Biscuits trays etc from rolled PVC sheet (using automatic vacuum forming machines)

6

Blending and packing of tea

7

Block making of printing without foundry (excluding wooden blocking)

8

Chalk making from plaster of Paris ( only casting without boilers etc. ( sun drying / electrical

oven)

9

Compressed oxygen gas from crude liquid oxygen ( without use of any solvents and by

maintaining pressure & temperature only for separation of other gases)

10

Cotton and woolen hosiers making ( Dry process only without any dying / washing operation)

11

Diesel pump repairing and servicing (complete mechanical dry process)

12

Electric lamp ( bulb) and CFL manufacturing by assembling only

13

Electrical and electronic item assembling (completely dry process)

14

Engineering and fabrication units (dry process without any heat treatment / metal surface

finishing operations / painting)

15

Flavoured betel nuts production/ grinding (completely dry mechanical operations)

16

Fly ash bricks/ block manufacturing

17

Fountain pen manufacturing by assembling only

18

DGlass ampules and vials making from glass tubes

19

Glass putty and sealant ( by mixing with machine only)

20

Ground nut decorticating

21

Handloom/ carpet weaving ( without dying and bleaching operation)

22

Leather cutting and stitching (more than 10 machine and using motor)

23

Manufacturing of coir items from coconut husks

24

Manufacturing of metal caps containers etc

25

Manufacturing of shoe brush and wire brush

26

Medical oxygen

27

Organic and inorganic nutrients ( by physical mixing)

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28

Organic manure (manual mixing)

29

Packing of powdered milk

30

Paper pins and u clips

31

Repairing of electric motors and generators (dry mechanical process)

32

Rope (plastic and cotton)

33

Scientific and mathematical instrument manufacturing

34

Solar module non conventional energy apparatus manufacturing unit

35

Solar power generation through solar photovoltaic cell, wind power and mini hydel power

(less than 25 MW)

36

Surgical and medical products assembling only (not involving effluent / emission generating

processes)

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SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

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