Soon,high-rise buildings for Pimpri-Chinchwad

Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma said on Saturday the height of buildings in the town would now jump from 36 metres to 70 metres. “The final approval came from the state government this month,” said Sharma.

He said the PCMC will double the FSI for buildings that will come up on both sides of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes. “Buildings within a range 100 metres of the BRTS routes would benefit. Now,developers along the se routes would get 1.8 FSI instead of 1,” he said. He said doubling of FSI is as enunciated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “The ADB has laid emphasis on doubling of FSI that will help in densification of BRTS routes. This would generate revenue for the civic body thereby helping it to fund the BRTS projects,” the civic chief said. Sharma refuted the claims that the city which already is dense along major roads will further get accentuated. “We are acting as per international norms. It is a wrong notion that doubling of FSI will create problems,” he said.

City engineer Eknath Ugile said the central government has sanctioned four BRTS routes — Nigdi to Dapodi,Aundh-Ravet,Nashik Phata to Wakad and Kaledwadi to Dehu. Officials said Rs 750 crore has been sanctioned by the central government for the project,of which the PCMC has Rs 230 crore. “We will receive half of the Rs 750 crore sanctioned,the rest of the expenditure would be borne by the state government and the civic body,” Official said. The civic body has also sanctioned four other BRTS routes and four feeder routes. The World Bank,Sharma said,has sanctioned Rs 99 crore for Nashik Phata flyover. Pending for seven years,the flyover is being described as a unique project.