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Draft amendment touted to be pro-developers and negative move for slum dwellers
Updated On: 07 January, 2018 08:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar
Draft amendment to reduce slum redevelopment consent to 50 per cent; experts call move pro-developer, anti-development
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There are times when an equal division profits none, and a new amendment proposed by the state government could just turn out to be a fine example of that. The Urban Development (UD) department has proposed a modification to the Development Control Regulation, 1991, intending to reduce the consent required by developers to carry out slum rehabilitation schemes from 70 per cent to 50 per cent of residents in an informal settlement.


