Jagdeep DESAI Reply: Higher FSI to redevelop metro area, says MMRDA

Hello all,

One more classic bit of nonsense by MMRDA is in The Times of India, 2010 SEP 24, credited to an unnamed official in MMRDA

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Higher-FSI-to-redevelop-metro-area-says-MMRDA-/articleshow/6616525.cms

"Our idea is to allow redevelopment on the lines of cities abroad. It will pave the way for residential areas so that people do not have to commute long distances to work,'' said an MMRDA official.

First of all which cities abroad has this, is the question.

Next, if MMRDA is in the business of redevelopment of residential areas, with the noble objective of reducing the commuting distance, then why make life hell for existing residents, citizens, by disrupting and ruining their daily lives for five and more years while the endless work on over head metro goes on and on, and on and on, and on and on.

Let MMRDA simply offer 4 FAR / FSI straightaway to all of the suburbs,  with the condition to residents and business establishments, no commuting long distances, stay and work in the specified area, so no commuting long distances.

Just to make sure, no commuting long distances.

The other classic scenario that is going to happen is the rehabilitation and relocation of the projects affected persons from the Charkop car shed area to Mankhurd, the other end of the Charkop Mankhurd line.

Those people, disrupred from their homes,  will be using the metro, as and when complete, to go up and down to their place of work and stay, kilometres and kilometres away.

Meaning, till the metro car shed came up, they were staying and working in Charkop area, after that, they are forcibly shifted to Mankhurd, but will have to do the long commute back to Charkop.

So the metro will be made specially for them.

What say MMRDA.

Instead of decongesting, with 4 FAR / FSI, MMRDA is recongesting.

No wonder the wish to remain unnamed.

Jagdeep DESAI

Architect

Secretary

Founder Trustee

Forum for Improving Quality of Life in Mumbai Suburbs

Nitin Killawala Reply : ‘Metro, monorail in Mumbai will boost real estate’

Media Report:  DNA - 24h Sept, 2010

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_metro-monorail-in-mumbai-will-boost-real-estate_1442282

Reply to Media

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Once again MMRDA’s Media hype. It should be every Mumbaikars’ concern that a responsible planning authority is turning into mediocre Real Estate Agent.

Prices of property cannot increase when the metrorail is elevated. It may be true if the same Metro goes Underground, because an additional transport system is created and other mode of Public Transport will have opportunity to improve.

If that is the logic, then why there is a huge difference in value of properties between Santacruz Station and Linking Road, Bandra Station and Hill Road, Dadar station and Shivaji Park or Grant Road and Peddar Road ? (Metro is like a toilet, in the house, it’s a necessity but no one wants to expose it!) 

MMRDA’s statement “Mumbai Transformation Support Unit has come up with a suggestion to give higher FSI around the area of the upcoming Metro Station”. This is the most dangerous statement by our planning Authority.

Just imagine, increase in FSI around all our suburban stations. (In fact that was one of the reason to resist using TDR on both sides of Railway tracks).

Elevated Metro Stations are worse than the existing Railway Stations because they are forcibly built in the middle of our roads with no open space. Here all properties are over developed along the alignment. Showing such fraudulent hope of increase in FSI is  like putting fuel in the fire.

MMRDA is systematically playing with the sentiments of innocent citizens in the name of the development. The hidden truth is they are all set to destroy and sale our city.

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Nitin Killawala.