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THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MUMBAI

The Maharashtra Region and Town Planning Act specify that every municipal corporation must prepare a development plan to be implemented over 20 years. The last time the development plan was prepared for Mumbai was in 1981 and it was adopted only thirteen years later, in 1994. Thus a new plan, which is valid for 20 years, will need to be prepared and ratified by 2014 and will be in force till 2034.

The current development plan defines land reservations- (that is land that is set aside for a specific public purpose) amenities, transportation networks and services through a coloured land-use map of the entire city. In order to prepare this plan, Mumbai’s municipal corporation has selected an international consultant through a tendering process and it will be expected to collate and compile all of the data available on the city before making such a plan.

The Urban Design Research Institute is currently engaged in looking at how a public participation planning process can be created to inform the making of this development plan. The Institute has initiated a public participatory process to support the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in its preparation of the new development plan. We feel it is necessary to reach out to the entire cross section of the city and build stronger networks that can be part of a public participation process for informing the Development Plan of the MCGM.

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He Was Lying Dead Drunk Outside A Wine Shop

dreaming of all the bottles
but he had no money so
simply window shop ..his
dreams of booze more booze
like a film running in his head
non stop.. unaware of this god
sent photo op to a figurative
street photographer prolific who
shoots garbage beggars street
barber shops ..women in hijab
at bus stops ..when bad days came
he gave away all his silver jewelry
at the sleazy silver pawn shops
empty pockets waiting for hope
some monsoonal raindrops ..no
he wont shoot mountains flowers
insects chubby cheeks table tops
using the camera as the text book
of life thanks to dickens balzac
dostovesky ,,..masters of his
photographic workshop...paying
his heartfelt tribute to the fiddler
on the roof top..if i were a rich man
i would certainly be the craziest
loony bastard ,, not this fucked flop

dedicated to a very dear friend Alex.. On Whats Up

Sir Madam After You Have Beautified All Of Bandra Please Do The Same For Bandra Bazar Road Too

for 15 years it was under
the hands of the congress
plundered neglected
now in utter mess
ricksha drivers hate
to come here the
moment they hear
our address ..
having voted for
a congress free
 bandra we stood
by modijis call for
development progress
but still even now
the dirtiest filthiest
ugliest market ..
is here in bandra west
open gutters garbage
dumps .eyesore hard
pressed .. we hope
you will beautify this
heritage site once
a queen of the suburbs
now an ugly nest
a painful poem of
my chest sab ka
sath sab ka vikas
a thought that needs
to be blessed

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