Opposition Congress today slammed the Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034, saying it was aimed at selling off the city to builders ahead of the 2019 elections.
The NCP charged that the DP was announced to divert the attention from the ongoing stand-off between the ruling BJP and the Shiv Sena over the proposed Nanar mega refinery project in Ratnagiri district.
Addressing a press conference here, Congress spokesman Sachin Sawant said the previous DP prepared by the then civic chief Sitaram Kunte had been scrapped following a controversy over the increased floor space index (FSI).
"But now,"the FSI in the island city is three and in the suburbs it is 2.5," he said.
In the new DP, FSI for residential properties in the island city has been raised up to three, while in the suburbs, the new FSI will be up to 2.5 and 5 for residential and commercial properties respectively.
Pointing out that the state government made 2,371 changes in the new DP, Sawant asked, "Is the BMC machinery so inefficient?"