BMC notice to six under-construction towers

The BMC has issued notices to six major under-construction residential towers in Mumbai asking them to toe the line in keeping with the state governments revised rules for projects built under the parking FSI policy.

The BMC has issued notices to six major under-construction residential towers in Mumbai asking them to toe the line in keeping with the state governments revised rules for projects built under the parking FSI policy.

Over the past two months,notices have been issued to the realty majors asking them to reduce the size of their projects. These include Orchid Crown-DB Realtys three proposed 50-storey highrises in Prabhadevi,Indiabulls over 60-storey residential highrises Indiabulls Sky Forest at Jupiter Mills and Sky Suites at Elphinstone Mills,and the proposed 117-storey World One Tower by Lodha at Shrinivas Mills,all three in Lower Parel.

Notices were also issued to the yet-to-be launched Kohinoor Square at Kohinoor Mills in Dadar and Palais Royale at Shreeram Mills in Worli. In the last two cases,construction of the parking lot has already been carried out until the seventh and 11th floor respectively. Spokespersons for both companies said they procured stay orders from the court against the BMC notice on the grounds that they had already constructed a substantial portion of the public parking lot.

The six projects are among the 11 that were issued commencement certificate (CC) under the parking FSI policy. The policy allowed developers to construct public parking as high as 10-20 storeys on their plot and hand it over to BMC.

In return,they could avail a proportionate amount of additional FSI (ratio of built-up area to plot area) in their projects,allowing them to construct 50 to 60-storey towers. Following criticism about the policy implementation benefiting developers at the cost of straining the infrastructure mainly in the Lower Parel-Dadar belt,CM Prithviraj Chavan cancelled all public car park projects. However,11 projects that had received a CC during former CM Ashok Chavans tenure were allowed to go ahead.

BMC officials said of the 11 projects,five agreed to limit their car park to four floors and pay a premium as per new rules.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Aseem Gupta confirmed that the BMC has issued notices to the remaining developers under Section 51 of the MRTP Act,asking them to justify why the BMC should not revoke their CC unless they modified their plans in keeping with the revised rules.

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Last week,Gupta started the process of hearing the developers on a case-to-case basis. The changes in the rule are rational and should be made applicable in as many cases as possible though we do recognise the rights of projects that are in different stages, he said,adding that the matter is sub judice before the BMC as well as the court.

DB Realty spokesperson said their project has received all the necessary permissions and the company is in the process of responding to the show-cause notice. He added,DB Realty is committed to complying with all rules laid down by the government and its agencies from time to time. Lodha and Indiabulls did not comment.

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BMC notice to six under-construction towers

The BMC has issued notices to six major under-construction residential towers in Mumbai asking them to toe the line in keeping with the state governments revised rules for projects built under the parking FSI policy.

The BMC has issued notices to six major under-construction residential towers in Mumbai asking them to toe the line in keeping with the state governments revised rules for projects built under the parking FSI policy.