Legislation
Bandra Kurla Complex Height Restriction Raised to 73 Meters
A mini Manhattan at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) has been the dream of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). Now, almost two years after it doubled the developable floor space index (FSI) from 2 to 4 at the BKC, the MMRDA can hope to live that dream. The Union ministry of civil aviation has [...]
MMRDA Priorities Lopsided
By Nauzar Bharucha for the TNN Is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) suffering from hubris? Its plan to set up a 101-storey iconic commercial tower in Wadala at a phenomenal cost of over Rs 4,000 crore has raised serious questions about its sense of priority among urban experts and town planners. It has [...]
Think of people when you develop: activists
Express News Service A week after the state government decided to set up a committee for ‘Slumless Mumbai’, activists have called for the need to keep inclusive development at the heart of any new policy. On Monday, at a panel discussion held by the housing rights group Ghar Banao Ghar Bhacao Andolan, several social activists [...]
Dharavi project gets an expert panel
An expert committee has been set up to advise the government on planning, management and implementation of the Dharavi makeover project. The 11-member committee comprising architects, city planners, activists and former bureaucrats has been approved by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. The panel includes former chief secretary D M Sukhtankar, former IAS officer Sunder Burra, urban [...]
‘Changes’ in development plan worry citizens
The civic body’s new Development Plan (DP), slated to be released in 2011, is generating fear in the minds of active citizens as areas reserved for municipal markets in the old DP have gradually been parceled over to private parties for years. A Right to Information (RTI) application filed by activist Vidya Vaidya revealed that [...]
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