CM Fadnavis said that the committee, headed by the state chief secretary Swadhin Kshatriya, would take a final decision over the scrapping.
Activists across the city allege that the delay in scrapping the proposed development plan raises doubts over the intentions of the Fadnavis-led government.
Pankaj Joshi, executive director of Urban Development Research Institute (UDRI) said that the deadline to submit the suggestions and objections over the master plan is April 24. "Only a few days are remained, yet people are not clear whether the Fadnavis government will scrap the new master plan, or will make the changes," said Joshi.
He said that on one hand, the CM said that there are a lot of lacunae in the new master plan as per the state appointed committee. "For whom is he waiting to scrap it?," Joshi asked, adding that the proposed plan has many errors, and if it gets approved, 'there will be a disaster in the housing sector'.
"The beauty of the city will be spoiled by allowing re-development and demolishing heritage structures. It has proposed to convert 17,000 acres of the land in the non development zone, into development, that too with the FSI of 8," Joshi added.
CM Fadnavis said that the committee, headed by the state chief secretary Swadhin Kshatriya, would take a final decision over the scrapping. However, when dna contacted to Kshatriya, he passed the buck to Fadnavis, saying that the latter would take the final decision.
Activists also criticised the government, saying that the new plan has been made for a few 'land sharks'. Jitendra Awhad, NCP legislator, smells a rat. "If the Sena, Congress and the NCP is demanding that the entire draft plan be cancelled, then what is the BJP's reluctance in doing so? It has been deliberately creating a confusion, so that less people can submit their views," he alleged.
Sunil Mantri, president of NAREDCO, the developers' umbrella body, told dna: "It should make changes wherever there are genuine mistakes. The scrapping is not the solution, because, to make a new blueprint will take another two-three years. It will delay the development of the city, and bring down the growth rate as well."
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