Indore: Madhya Pradesh will allow buildings of up to 100 floors on roads with adequate width, scrapping the general restriction that capped structures at about 30 metres in height, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced in Indore on Wednesday after a state Cabinet meeting, IANS reported.

Source: IANS via Hi India

Yadav said the government is revising the building construction rules as part of an integrated development policy, so that growing demand for housing, industry and transport can be met on urban land instead of eating into agricultural land. The taller buildings will be allowed only as per prescribed norms, with road-width eligibility and safety standards, officials indicated; detailed guidelines are yet to be released.

Six-district metro regions around Bhopal and Indore

The Chief Minister said metropolitan regions covering six districts each are being planned around Bhopal and Indore, covering the Indore-Bhopal economic corridor and not limited to Indore and Ujjain. Jabalpur and Gwalior are also planned to be developed on similar lines later, he said.

100 floorsnew maximum building height proposed
30 metresthe earlier general height restriction
6 districts eachin the planned Bhopal and Indore metro regions

Indore Economic Region 2047 plan released

Also on Wednesday, Yadav inaugurated the Madhya Pradesh Urban Growth Conclave 2.0 at the Brilliant Convention Centre in Indore and released the 'Indore Economic Region 2047: Economic Master Plan', prepared under NITI Aayog's City Economic Region initiative, ANI reported. He also released the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) reports of the Bhopal and Indore municipal corporations and the drafts of three urban policies — affordable housing and habitat, treated wastewater recycling and reuse, and unified land development and building promotion rules. Six MoUs on urban financing, sustainable resource management and investment promotion were exchanged at the conclave.

Source: ANI via LatestLY

Yadav said the measures are meant to promote planned development, improve land use and open new investment opportunities in Madhya Pradesh as it competes with other large states and metropolitan centres.

What happens next

The building-rule change takes practical shape only when the detailed guidelines are published — road-width conditions, safety norms and approvals will decide where a 100-floor tower can actually come up. The metro-region plans for Bhopal and Indore, and later Jabalpur and Gwalior, will follow through the state's urban development machinery.