State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977

51. Town development schemes.-A town development scheme may make provision for any of the following matters:- (i) acquisition, development and sale or leasing of land for the purpose of town expansion; (ii) acquisition, relaying out of, rebuilding or relocating areas which have been badly laid out or which have developed or degenerated into a slum; (iii) acquisition and development of land for public purposes such as housing development, development of shopping centres, cultural centres, administrative centres; (iv) acquisition and development of areas for commercial and industrial purposes; (v) undertaking of such building or construction work as may be necessary to provide housing, shopping, commercial or other facilities ; (vi) acquisition of land and its development for the purpose of laying out or remodelling of road and street pattern; (vii) acquisition and development of land for play-grounds, parks, recreation centres and stadium; (viii) reconstruction of plots for the purpose of buildings, roads, drains, sewerage lines and other similar amenities; (ix) any other work of a nature such as would be about environmental improvements which may be taken up by the authority with the prior approval of the State Government.