19.8.2011Meeting I

Development Plan Livelihoods Stakeholder Group

Laws that Guide The 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

By Law you have only 60

days to comment on

DP!!We want to make this process as

Public Participatory as

possible!!

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

Contents of the DP

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

We want the city to be;

OPENThe development plan should be open providing for all classes of people

EQUITABLEprovide for equitable distribution in the allocation of resources and development

EFFICIENTdevelopment plan should make optimal use of resources

development plan should strive to make Mumbai

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

Development Plan Ward Survey

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%)

Which of the below issues is most important to you?

livelihood

Informal Sector accounts for nearly 68% of the total employment in Mumbai

Informal Sector Integral and Undeniable part of the City, yet they have not been given a place in the development plan.

Livelihoods

The informal sector and urban povertyBy Rahul Srivastava, Kinetic city: designing for Informality in India: Rahul Mehrotra

Approximately 690 million US dollars of wealth produced by Mumbai's informal economy each year

From the Surveys

More than 60% of the population has to travel more than 5kms everyday to get to their workplaces