Consumer redressal body directs BMC to make one free car parking compulsory in Mumbai

Apr 1,2019 / By Prahalad Singh / No Comment

To own a car has become the greatest need then the status symbol. The problem of car parking is constantly rising issue in the city of Mumbai as the numbers of cars are increasing day by day. And this increasing numbers of cars have given birth to the car parking issue in several cities.

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) has directed the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to make it compulsory for builders/developers to provide one free car parking space with each apartment sold free of cost. Blog_Image Copy 3

The BMC is asked by The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to amend its present Development Control Rules which currently allow a developer/builder to complete the sale of flats while providing few parking spaces. It has seen in the city that the builders charge an increased amount for the parking above the flat cost.

The commission has also mentioned a Supreme Court order which says that under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act (MOFA), a promoter or a builder has no right to sell any portion of a building which doesn’t come under the definition of a ‘flat’.

Calling car-parking an “essential amenity”, the SCRDC ordered the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, must take care of parking spaces while sanctioning a building plan to ensure that each flat purchaser gets one car parking space.

According to the existing Development Control (DCR) Rules in the suburbs, a builder is liable to provide only one parking space for four tenements each measuring over 35 sqm, among other terms.

The SCRDC panel also asked housing societies to frame by-laws accordingly to assure that each flat owner occupies a parking space. The panel also expressed that if car parking spaces are in excess, they can be reserved for visitors. In the case of less car parking space, by-laws should be formulated like a way that these are interchanged among flat buyers.

Builders who use part of the approved FSI to develop parking spaces will be, however, should be allowed to sell them at market rates or a high rate to new buyers.

Mumbai civic body plans to link 220 km roads by 2034

Dec 29,2017 / By Priyanka / No Comment

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation plans to construct 41 km linked roads connecting areas that are not currently linked. By 2034, the BMC will construct 220km of such links that are presently missing.

The projects are part of the comprehensive mobility plan (CMP), designed to upgrade the transport system, along with improving the infrastructure of the city. These linked roads will reduce the travel time and will act as short-cuts in certain areas, reducing the jamming on main roads

The plan emphases on broadening congested roads, connecting missing links, need for integrated fare structure and common ticketing for the present public transport system.

In the first phase of the project will connect 41km of links in Bandra, Dadar, Byculla, Wadala, Chembur, Malad and Lower Parel, among others. In the second phase, the civic body will complete work on 80km of missing links till 2024 and the rest till 2034. In most cases, the expansions being considered for the links have slums or structures that can be improved, said, civic officials.

Some of the missing link roads suggested in the plan include connecting:

Senapati-Bapat Road to Central Railway Line (Dadar)
E Moses Road to Lala Lajpat Rai Road (Lower Parel)
Pestom Sagar to Phule Nagar Road (Chembur)
Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road to Akruti Rising City Road (Ghatkopar),
BKC G Block to MMRDA Grounds (Bandra)
Madh Marve Road to Madh Jetty Road (Malad).

Chief engineer of roads and traffic department, Mr. Vinod Chitore, said, “We have started to implement the plan and work on selected roads.

The BMC is managing with other shareholders of the plan, including the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Indian Railways, Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply Transport and the traffic police department.

The estimated cost of the plan is Rs1.68 lakh crore over the next 20 years. The civic officials said that BMC will invest Rs69,000 crore, of which it will donate more than Rs7, 000 crore in the first phase. The MMRDA will give Rs76,283 crore in the first phase, while the Indian Railways will contribute Rs18,359 crore. BEST will shell out Rs2,590 crore and the traffic police will fund Rs1,350 crore.

This infrastructural development with further pushes the real estate market in Mumbai, making Mumbai properties costlier in the above-said areas.

BMC to form a new cell for monitoring 30 years old buildings in Mumbai

Nov 28,2017 / By Priyanka / No Comment

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon form a new cell for auditing neglected buildings which are under its jurisdiction. The new cell will recognize structures that are older than 30 years and will issue notices to the concerned societies for further structural audits.

As per the new policy, the municipal corporation has made it necessary for the dweller or owner to give in the structural inspection of the building.

The policy will be uploaded on the BMC website in December to encourage suggestions and objections from general public.
Initially, the civic body had only one committee to take care of the issues associated with the neglected buildings but now BMC has formed a total five committees to deal with appeals related to such buildings.

Out of five committees, four will make available for appeals related to private buildings and one for municipal buildings. Recently, the policy received a green signal and will be applied to ensure speedy recovery of ramshackle buildings and evade building collapses in future.

The policy makes it necessary for the occupants to inform the civic building and factory department about the status of structure. The policy is only valid for private and municipal buildings which are under the civic body’s jurisdiction. BMC has made it compulsory to get the structural audit done by registered a BMC structural engineer.

If a building certified as non-dilapidated collapses in future then registration of that specific engineer who certified the building will be void and the BMC will initiate legal process against the person for the same.

Once a structure receives notice from the civic body then it is the owners/tenants’ concern to submit the structural audit to BMC within a month’s time. BMC will later scrutinize the status and select the category of the structure.

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Consumer redressal body directs BMC to make one free car parking compulsory in Mumbai

Mumbai civic body plans to link 220 km roads by 2034

BMC to form a new cell for monitoring 30 years old buildings in Mumbai