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The Maharashtra Government during January 2012 announced amendments to the Development Control Rules (DCR) for Mumbai region. The new rules will soon be made public through a government order.
"In the earlier DCR, allowing balcony in a flat was left to the discretion of municipal authorities, which led to corruption. The new amendments will put a check to these practices", said Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Under the new DCR, area used for balconies, flower beds, terraces, voids and niches will be counted in the Floor Space Index (FSI). Earlier, these areas were not counted in the FSI.
To compensate for the loss of free FSI areas, the state government will allow compensatory fungible (mutually interchangeable) FSI to the extent of 35 per cent for residential development and 20 per cent for industrial and commercial developments. Fungible FSI will be available at 60 per cent, 80 per cent and 100 per cent of the ready reckoner rates for residential, industrial and commercial premises respectively.
It will be usable like any other FSI, which can be used for making flower beds and voids or can be used for constructing bigger habitable areas. More importantly, premium will not be charged on the fungible FSI, when it is used for redeveloping old cess dilapidated building (over 70 year old). Following the changes in the DCR, the process of re-development of Sector 5 in Dharavi is expected to get a further boost. In order to attract more private participation in the Railways sector, the Union Ministry of Railways is likely to draft a new investment policy. Under the new policy, the ministry is planning to opt for (BOT) model in rail connectivity and capacity augmentation projects. Besides BOT, cost sharing model for doubling and multiple line projects will also be a part of the new Railway policy. Earlier, the ministry had formulated a policy for industry connectivity in 2010 and Coal and Iron ore sector connectivity policy in 2011 to attract private sector. Also, on the anvil is new National Steel Policy slated to be announced by March 2012. The new policy will replace the existing framework announced in November 2005.
The Union Government has set up a committee headed by the Steel Secretary for monitoring the progress on formulation of the new National Steel Policy. Four task forces have been constituted to study, analyse, consult and formulate draft policy documents on different aspects of the policy. The Policy of 2005 had projected country's steel consumption to grow at 7 per cent based on a 7- 7.5 per cent GDP growth rate and production of 110 million tonne by 2019-20. These estimates will be largely exceeded and it has been assessed that, on a most likely scenario basis, crude steel production capacity in the country by the year 2012-13 will be nearly 110 million tonne.
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The Maharashtra Government has issued a notification that will help MHADA or any other public authority to take up the redevelopment of one or more of the five sectors of Dharavi in Mumbai. The detailed notification says that hutments, chawls, commercial establishments and cessed buildings in the 535-acre shanty town will be redeveloped using an FSI of four through "the developer to be appointed by following competitive bidding process or through public authority". In case of hutments, all slumdwellers living in structures prior to 2000 will be eligible for self-contained 300 sq ft one bedroom apartments with balcony. Those living in much larger shanties at present will be eligible for a maximum 400 sq ft house where the extra 100 sq ft will have to be purchased at the construction cost. As for cessed structures and chawls that lie within Dharavi, those staying in homes up to 750 sq ft will get an equivalent area free of cost. Those living in bigger houses will have to pay for the additional area. Similarly, in case of commercial structures that are home to various industries, such as pottery, the maximum area available free of cost would be only 225 sq ft; those working out of bigger areas currently will have to pay for additional built-up. The potters of Kumbharwada will also be provided with a 2,230 sq mtrs common work space. In addition to the rehabilitation and sale component, each of the five sectors will have provision for schools, dispensaries, gymnasiums, welfare centres, library, markets and police chowkies. In January 2012, MHADA invited bids for construction of building at CS No 2/501 of Dharavi Division in Mumbai.
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