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Focus on sensitive development without overpowering heritage, says conservation architect
Updated On: 22 April, 2015 07:15 AM IST | | Fiona Fernandez
<p>Conservation architect Vikas Dilawari speaks to Fiona Fernandez on how the BMC can change its recently scrapped development plan to better protect Mumbai’s heritage, by mapping all historical structures and giving the Heritage Committee full control</p>
The BMC’s development plan (DP) for 1991 was hailed throughout the country for introducing heritage legislation. Ironically, this legacy could have been wiped out by the proposed DP 2034, had it not been scrapped by the state government yesterday.
According to conservation architect Vikas Dilawari, the scrapped DP proposal could have wiped out the previous DP’s legacy of heritage protection. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi
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