No more extension for regularisation of slums from January 1, 2000 would be given as Mumbai is over burdened, Deshmukh said last evening, at the installation function of Mahesh Mudda as President of the Mumbai centre of Buliders' Association of India (BAI).
Deshmukh said there is a need for political consensus and "let us agree on this (regularisation of slums) no further extension is given."
Responding to former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi's suggestion that migrants would be attracted towards Mumbai with the raising of Floor Space Index (FSI), Deshmukh said, the Congress-led government has raised FSI only in selected projects like Dharavi and on the mill lands.
Joshi also wondered how a common man and especially the local 'Marathi Manoos' can afford to buy a house in Mumbai and said, there is a need for the government to stop them from leaving the city.
The formation of Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has resulted in 4,550 sq km covering Mumbai and the neighbouring Thane district, available for development.
The government has chalked out a development plan to invest Rs 2.25 lakh crore, Deshmukh added.
