MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Re gion Development Authority ( MMRDA), which plans to develop growth centres across the city to boost employment opportunities, has already prepared a plan for the first growth centre on 5,500 hectares of land in Kalyan.
However, the present rules allow residential development to greater extent raising concern over viability of commercial development, which will, ultimately, affect the job opportunities’ plan.
Hence, the MMRDA has asked the state government to reduce the residential component in the demarcated commercial zones from the existing 80% to up to 50%, officials said.
The government is working on modifying the Development Control Rules (DCR), framed under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966.
“In the Kalyan growth centre, the commercial zone amounts to roughly 40%. Around 80% residential development in this zone will make commercial development insignificant,” said a senior MMRDA official.
“Hence, we have written to the urban development (UD) department suggesting modifications in the DCR to restrict residential growth to 50%,” said the official.
Urban planner Pankaj Joshi said, “It is necessary to maintain a healthy balance between residential and commercial development to prevent a growth centre from becoming a dormitory town. Authorities should provide the required facilities, including efficient public transport connectivity.”
The proposed growth centre in Kalyan will be flanked by two railway stations — Nilje and Kalyan.
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