The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sought suggestions and objections to amend Section 33 (9) of Development Control Promotion and Regulations (DCPR), 2034. If Maharashtra’s Urban Development Department amends the rule, the Mumbai municipal commissioner will have the authority to give approval for the redevelopment of buildings that are less than 250 metres in height and are being built under the Cluster Development scheme.
Presently, the power to give approvals for such buildings lies with a technical High Rise Committee appointed by the BMC. The notice for suggestion/objection issued by the Urban Development Department said that the department had received various submissions seeking modification of selected provisions of Regulation 33(7) and Regulation 33(9) of the DCPR.
The reports on a proposal by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), seeking removal of powers of the High Rise Committee to approve proposals under Cluster Development scheme for buildings of height less than 250 metres, was submitted by the BMC in August 2020.
The issue was then referred to a committee constituted by the Maharashtra government which has decided to modify DCPR-2034 accordingly.
