Government approves policy for dilapidated building redevelopment in NAINA region, allowing 30% extra area. Villagers demand 2.5 FSI for feasibility.

PANVEL: The state government has approved the policy for the redevelopment of dilapidated buildings in the Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA) region, that had been stuck due to NAINA regulations. While the state government has permitted 30% extra area, the villagers are demanding at least 2.5 FSI (floor space index) to make redevelopment projects feasible for the developers. The demand for implementation of Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR) is being reiterated.

The state issued the notification amending NAINA UDCPR just before the code of conduct came into force. It approves the proposal sent by CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation), the special planning authority for NAINA.

The NAINA scheme proposes land pooling by villagers wherein CIDCO, the Special Planning Authority for the project, gets to keep 60% of the land for infrastructure development and the PAPs get the remaining 40% with 2.5 FSI.

The state government has removed 80 of the total 174 villages falling under Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA). As a result, City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), the Special Planning Authority (SPA) of NAINA, is left with only 94 villages to be developed. In a notification issued on March 4, the state Urban Development Department (UDD) has decided to hand over 80 villages to Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for development. Besides, it also handed over the Khopta township, comprising 33 villages, to be developed by MMRDA.

Handover Of Villages To MMRDA For Development “This development is done keeping in view the recent operationalisation of Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), also called as Atal Setu. Since, the mega coastal road has been envisaged and developed by MMRDA, the government thought it right to hand over the villages situated in its surrounding to MMRDA for development. These villages were to be developed by CIDCO under its NAINA project,” a senior CIDCO official said not wishing to be named.

He added that the Khopta township, touted as Third Mumbai, will also be developed by MMRDA now, the official said and added that whether the MMRDA will develop these 113 villages (80 plus 33) as New Town Development Authority (NTDA) or SPA, will be clear only after the UDD issues an order in this context. “This order is likely to be issued only after elections,” the official added.

Development of NAINA by CIDCO Speeded Up Meanwhile, CIDCO has taken up on war footing the development of NAINA. After the latest notification, 94 villages within 25km radius of the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) falls within NAINA. CIDCO would not be developing gaothans, which already has habitat and does not need planning agency’s interference in further development.

CIDCO has finalised 12 town planning schemes (TPS) to develop NAINA. Of these, infrastructural development of TPS 1 is complete while it is in the process of floating tenders for TPS 2-8, which is likely to be completed within next few months. Once the tenders are floated and contractor chosen, the infrastructure development of TPS 2-8 will begin immediately and would be completed within stipulated time.