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Mumbai's size will double in 23 years: Expert

As India and particularly Mumbai Metropolitan Region is in a transitional stage, Ortiz said the future development plan needs to be sectorial or in the form of sectors. "There should be plan of plans," said Ortiz.

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The world is getting urbanised and it will not stop. Mumbai is growing by an annual rate of 3.09 per cent and in another 23 years, its size will double. This is what senior urban planner at the World Bank, Pedro B Ortiz, said at a recent conference on Sustainable Urbanisation and World Cities.

Similarly, Pune is increasing at a rate of 11 per cent and in another seven years its size will double.

As India and particularly Mumbai Metropolitan Region is in a transitional stage, Ortiz said the future development plan needs to be sectorial or in the form of sectors. "There should be plan of plans," said Ortiz.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is in the process of coming up with a revised Development Plan, whereas the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is working on third regional plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Talking about the issues with implementation of projects, which is part of urbanisation, and budgetary allocations getting lapsed due to non-utilisation of funds, UPS Madan, Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA, said, "At the end of the year, not all the funds or budget is used due to wrong planning and other reasons, be it political or administrative. There are also factors during the course of implementation that delays any projects."

Instead of completing the project in three years, it takes longer and thereby budget allocated for a project not getting utilised by the end of the financial year. Therefore, at times the budgetary allocation exercise also is not proper enough.

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