BMC begins consultations for revised DP 2034

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Apart from this, the civic body has also sought opinion from several individual experts such as former municipal commissioner D M Sukhtankar, town planning experts P K Das, Neera Adkarkar and Pankaj Joshi, Jyoti Mhapsekar from the Stree Mukti Sanghatana among others. A senior civic official said, “We have started considering all the opinions before we start making decisions on the changes to be adapted in the plan.” The official also confirmed that the BMC is considering fundamental changes in the plan including floor space index proposed and open space norms.

Experts, however, are of the opinion that the civic body has a complex task at hand and completing the work within four months will be extremely difficult. “It is a huge task at hand. If BMC has to start afresh, it would take them three more years to complete the DP, it is difficult to complete the revision process in four months,” an expert who was consulted by BMC said.

The BMC recently appointed retired IAS officer Ramanath Jha to head the revision process. Until the end of May, BMC had completed processing 35,000 of the 65,000 letters submitted by citizens as suggestions for the draft development plan.

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