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Coastal Regulation Zone rules to relax for sea-lining structures

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently met the Ministry of Environment and Forest officials and requested them to amend the CRZ norms.

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The Centre has decided to amend the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations to ease redevelopment of sea-facing buildings, and especially slum land measuring around 647 acres in Mumbai by allowing 3 FSI. The slum lands are located in the stretch between Colaba and Borivali.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently met the Ministry of Environment and Forest officials and requested them to amend the CRZ norms. As per the current norms, no development happens within 500 meters of the sealine. "Now, this 2009 notification will be amended. Sea-facing slums have not been redeveloped for 20 years due to these restrictions," said a senior housing department official.

The Housing minister informed that there are around 7 lakh slum dwellers in 1.32 lakh hutments in coastal slums, and the decision will impact their lives. "This will also generate extra housing stock for sale in the open market, the proposal for which has been stuck for seven years," said Prakash Mehta, state minister for Housing.

"The sea is the beauty of the city, and with such a huge coastal land parcel, we can redevelop Mumbai on the lines of Singapore fostering both tourism and business establishments," says Manju Yagnik, vice chairperson of the Nahar Group., the real estate research firm called the amendment in CRZ as a good and rational move for the betterment of the city.

"We had to take this move to make Mumbai slum-free," said Pankaj Kapoor, MD at Liases Foras, "Redistribution of land is important to de-congest the city."

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