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Development Plan Livelihoods Stakeholder Group. 19.8.2011 Meeting I. Laws that Guide The DP. By Law you have only 60 days to comment on DP!!. Guided by the Maharashtra Region and Town Planning Act of 1966, commonly known as the MR&TP act The DP has to be revised minimum every 20 years
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Development Plan Livelihoods Stakeholder Group 19.8.2011 Meeting I
Laws that Guide The DP By Law you have only 60 daysto comment on DP!! • Guided by the Maharashtra Region and Town Planning Act of 1966, commonly known as the MR&TP act • The DP has to be revised minimum every 20 years • The last DP part was sanctioned in the year 1994 • New DP will be enforced from 2014 and will be in force till 2034 • EOI date 26th June 2009 We want to make this process as Public Participatory as possible!!
Contents of the DP Existing DP • The Development Plan(Maps and a Report on the Development Plan) • Development Control Regulations Commonly referred to as the DCRs • Reservation Document giving the various reservations ward wise
What DP could have • Layers of development control maps and regulations for various issues in the city • Proper zoning and sub-division plan • Implementation Strategies for prescribed development in the DP • Development Control Regulations for all layers of the city fabric • Should not circumvent the development control guidelines by giving executive powers to bureaucracy
Area-wise implementation of the existing DP according to the MCGM is only 12% • The current DP does only amenity provision however it has a broader implication on the nature of the development of the city
development plan should strive to make Mumbai OPEN The development plan should be open providing for all classes of people EQUITABLE provide for equitable distribution in the allocation of resources and development EFFICIENT development plan should make optimal use of resources
Development Plan Ward Survey B, E, F(north), K(east), K(west), L, M(west), N, S, and T ward Issues Focused on Housing, Education, Health, Water, Environment, Livelihoods, Transportation, Open Space, Energy, Governance, and Urban Form
Which of the below issues is most important to you? 1. Housing(20%) 2. Education(15%) 3. Health(15%) 4. Water(10%) 5. Environment(8%) 6. Livelihood (7%) 7. Transportation (7%) 8. Public Space (7%) 9. Energy(4%) 10. Governance(4%) 11. Urban Form (2%)
Livelihoods Informal Sector accounts for nearly 68% of the total employment in Mumbai Approximately 690 million US dollars of wealth produced by Mumbai's informal economy each year Informal Sector Integral and Undeniable part of the City, yet they have not been given a place in the development plan. The informal sector and urban povertyByRahul Srivastava, Kinetic city: designing for Informality in India: Rahul Mehrotra
More than 60% of the population has to travel more than 5kms everyday to get to their workplaces From the Surveys