Subject: Presentation on Mumbai DP by Shri Ajoy Mehta
From: “Vijay Srirangan” dg@bombaychamber.com
Date: Mon, July 4, 2016 5:10 pm
To: undisclosed-recipients,@

Dear Member,

Please find enclosed an invite for a presentation on Mumbai Draft
Development Plan by Shri Ajoy Mehta, Municipal Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation of Greater Mumbai on Friday, 15th July, 2016 at 7.00 pm at the
Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai,
M. G. Road,
Fort,
Mumbai 400032.

Your presence will be appreciated.
Warm regards,
Vijay Srirangan
Director General
Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
022 61200201, 9167575105

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Hamara Shehar Mumbai Abhiyaan is organizing a consultation on ‘Housing & the RDDP 2034

Date: 8th June 2016
Time: 4pm - 7 pm
Venue: Ahmed Zakaria Hall, Anjuman-I- Islam, D N Road, Opposite CST.

There are presentations on housing provisions discussed in the DP. These include: Affordable Housing, Slums lands, Mill land redevelopment, Cessed buildings, R&R, MHADA, SRA and housing schemes proposed in the DP

Sitaram Shelar

Dear Friends,

Please note there is a change in date for the official launch of our Mumbai GIS portal.

The new launch date is Tuesday, June 7, 2016, 4 pm onwards at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Visitor Centre, Fort.

A detailed schedule will follow shortly.

A part of UDRI’s Digital Inclusion project, the GIS platform is an attempt to bridge the Open Data access gap for all communities, NGOs, researchers, academic institutions and civil society.

It has been created with the intention to inform and encourage peoples’ participation in Mumbai’s development and for crowdsourcing issues that need public action.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,
The Urban Design Research Institute

Supported by - The Ford Foundation and The Bombay City Policy Research Foundation | Event Partner - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

PROPOGANDA

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With the DP released on 27 May 2016, Hamara Shehar Mumbai Abhiyaan organized a workshop on the recently released RDDP2034 and DCRs at TISS today. Nearly 70 people from across the city attended this workshop. The DCRs and DP maps were explained and a plan to take this forward was formulated. Over the next 30 days Hamara Shehar Mumbai Abhiyaan (HSM) will be conducting meetings and workshops on the RDDP2034. HSM will also be setting up a ‘DP facilitation centre’ at TISS Deonar to enable people’s participation in the DP. This will be for anyone who wants to understand the DP. The DP facilitation centre will have documents relating to the DP, conduct short trainings on demystifying the DP and offer to conduct community meetings in communities that require it.

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In this paper, I argue that conventional planning methods are becoming irrelevant in the contemporary city because; the city and the civil society have changed! _ The city doesn’t have a history of (integrated) planning. Most parts of...

MAY 30th 2016
Dear Friends,
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has released its revised draft development plan, titled the “Report on the Draft Development Plan 2034 (RDDP).”

The report, which can be accessed from the MCGM website, is now open to public suggestions, objections, and comments for the next 60 days.
The last date for submitting your comments is July 27, 2016.

You can find the reports (in English and Marathi) here: - http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qlddevplan

The specific folder names are :-
ENGLISH DRAFT DCR 2034 (27May2016)
ENGLISH DRAFT DP REPORT 2034 (27May2016)
MARATHI DRAFT DCR 2034 (27May2016)
MARATHI DRAFT DP REPORT 2034 (27May2016)
PLU 2034 (DRAFT D.P. SHEETS) (27May2016)

Do take time out to peruse these carefully as it will affect the development of your neighbourhood, ward, and city for the next 20 years.

Over the next few weeks...