Errors in BMC land plan: NGO
While work on preparing Mumbai’s next development plan (DP) is on, a study in P-North ward (Malad) has found several discrepancies in the Existing Land Use (ELU) survey, carried out by the BMC, which will be used to devise the plan.
A study carried out by Yuva Urban, an NGO, in P-North areas of Malad, Malad, Malwani, Dindoshi and Marve to check the accuracy of the ELU mapping, revealed mapping errors with various
communities in the ward.
Architect and member of the NGO, Aravind Unni said, “We have discovered at least 75 errors in the mapping of ELU survey. The errors range from not mapping several dwellings to a school or a dispensary not being marked in the survey. The coastal villages and informal settlements are the ones that are mapped most erroneously. Many villages have not been mapped at all, while various informal settlements have also been left out of the survey. There are also mistakes in marking communities as slum clusters and residential.”
According to the study, the ELU survey has also left out many amenities and social infrastructure that should have been mapped.
“The ELU and its errors clearly reveal that the survey was primarily done through satellite imagery and not through people participation. The survey, which will eventually lead to the DP, should be free of any errors and inaccuracies. They have to be corrected before taking any further steps in the DP revision process,” said Mr Unni, adding that their fundings had been presented to the P-North ward officials.
“We have received Yuva urban’s report regarding the ELU survey and assured them to look into the errors,” said Dinesh Naik, chief engineer, P-North ward.
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