
AKIPRESS.COM - The Parliament of Mongolia approved the draft law on supporting planning, development, and promotion of Kharkhorum City at the plenary session on January 23, Montsame reported.
The draft law focuses on facilitating the restoration and development of the historical capital city of the Mongol Empire while safeguarding Mongolia's national history, cultural heritage, and nomadic civilization. Additionally, it is aimed at promoting sustainable tourism, ensuring balanced regional development, and establishing an environmentally friendly, comfortable urban environment. The draft law provides a legal framework for city planning, infrastructure development, and urban growth.
The draft law regulates issues such as delegating certain municipal functions to private sector entities and integrating advanced information technology to develop a smart city model, ensuring transparency in city operations and development activities by maintaining open access to relevant information and establishing specific requirements for urban planning and defining principles to guide infrastructure development.
The document also ensures designating at least 50% of the city's residential zones as green spaces, providing access to schools, kindergartens, social and cultural institutions, healthcare services, recreational areas, public transportation hubs, parks, and commercial establishments, aligning the new city's expansion with Mongolia's broader regional development strategy while fostering economic self-sufficiency within Khangai region, encouraging the use of energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable technologies, and establishing designated airspace for the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).