New DCR Rule means redevelopment of Old Buildings will get Hampered
Corporators say that the change in the development control rules (DCR) and plan to do away with the civic chief’s discretionary powers and bring lift spaces, flower beds, ducts, upper-level car parking, voids and so on, under chargeable FSI, will hurt the common man.
While the builders are angry that the BMC has decided to allow builders to get only 25% extra FSI for each project and instead charge them 100% (not 25%) of the Ready Reckoner rate, has invited the ire of corporators in the civic body who alleged that changes to the rule has meant redevelopment of old buildings under section 33 (5) and 33 (7) will get hampered. The developer lobby has already opposed the move and threatened to go to court over it.
“This is nothing but a ploy to kill the Marathi vote-bank of political parties since most living in chawls and cessed buildings are natives of this state,” said MNS corporator Mangesh Sangle. The developer lobby has already opposed the move and threatened to go to court over it.
Both the rules allow tenants to appoint developer of their choice and redevelop the dilapidated buildings in return for extra salable area for the developers. The state government has already approved the changes and issued a notification on the same.
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