Following is an excerpt from a report in Hindu.

A Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) for greater Berhampur is expected to be ready in next six months.

It was declared by Berhampur Development Authority Chairperson Sarat Ranjan Patnaik at a workshop organised in the city on Saturday to elicit views from corporators and councillors of the local urban bodies under the BDA.

 The technical team that attended the workshop was led by chief planner of the Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO), J.B. Khirsagar. The TCPO, which happens to be the technical advisory body of Central Ministry of Urban Development, is preparing the CDP for greater Berhampur.

Mr. Patnaik said earlier the TCPO decided to prepare the master plan in 18 months. But due to requests of the BDA, the TCPO authorities have agreed to expedite the process and complete the process in one year.

He expected the master plan to be ready in another six months.

… The Orissa government is bearing the cost of the CDP preparation, which would cost around Rs. 1.08 crores. Mr. Khirsagar said the TCPO was providing the technical collaboration without taking any consultancy fee.

… The present CDP is being prepared keeping in view the development of greater Berhampur till the year 1931 2031.

The area under greater Berhampur will include the urban centres of Berhampur, Gopalpur and Chatrapur and 139 villages between them.

The CDP will comprise a total area of 317 sq. km. having a population of around 12 lakhs.

Similar CDPs for other areas need to be prepared at the earliest.

A search in the web leads to the call for tenders for CDP for Berhampur area as well as Rourkela area. Some numbers from that document is as follows:

Abstract of area and population on Berhampur Development authority

Area category Area in Sq kms 2001 population 2009 population estimate using gazetteer
Urban Berhampur, Chhatrapur and Gopalpur 149.62 4,11,007 Add 402,672- 307,792 = 94,880
Rural hamlets (Intervening Villages) 168 1,02,753 Add 8,000
Total 317.62 5,13,760 6,16,640

Abstract of area and population on Rourkela Development authority

Area category Area in Sq kms 2001 population 2009 population estimate using gazetteer
Urban 75.69 4,72,335 Add 550,668 – 484,292= 66,376
Rural 183.49 59,070 Add 5,000 (rural areas grow slower)
Total 259.18 5,31,405 6,02,781