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summaried as –
The development over the then area under teritorial Jurisdction of the
The land use for the outer area of the then Municipal Council was
controlled by the collector, Thane, as per the zone pla n prepared for the
area by the Town. Planning and valuation department and being the
within its teritorial jurisdiction are being controlled by the Thane Municipal
Corporation.
summarised as-
1.2.1 In 1863, the Thane Municipal Council was formed with population of 9000 persons
souls.
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1.2.2 In 1958, the boundaries of Municipal council were extended towards south upto
1.2.3 In the year 1959, the Municipal Council declared its intention to prepare the town
planning scheme , Thane I & published the same in the year 1962. The scheme
was undertake n for the area between the old Agra road and the MCGM pipeline
with the Wagle Industrial Estate towards west and restricted to Pokhran road
No.1 towards north. The said scheme was sanctioned by the Govt. on 18th
January 1985 and came into force from 1st may, 1985.
1.2.4 The Thane Municipality resolved in 1957 to prepare the Development plan of
Thane through Town planning and valuation Dept. The development plan so
prepared was submitted to Govt by the Municipality & Govt. accorded sanction in
1963.
1.2.5 In 1961, the Wagle Industrial Estate was established, giving further impetus to
industrial development.
1.2.6 In 1961, Town Planning & Valuation department prepared the zone plan for the
area towards north & west sides of Municipal Council. As industrial activities
within Greater Mumbai were restricted & there was need to have systematic
development of area these zone plans were prepared to reduce the pressure on
1.2.7 In 1962, the Thane Municipal council declared its intention to prepare the town
planning scheme no.2 for part of Naupada area and the entire Municipal area to
the south of railway line. The said scheme was subsequently withdrawn and was
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1.2.8 In 1963, Trans-Thane Creek Industrial area was established along a 20 km strip
of land between Thane creek & the Parsik hills Kalwa Industrial area was created.
During this period the Kolshet Balkum complex area situated along the Thane-
1.2.9 In 1965, Regional plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was
undertaken & the same was sanctioned by the Government in the year 1973. The
Manpada, Kolshet, Balkum, Owle within the then Thane Municipal Council.
1.2.10 In 1970, the Revised Development Plan for the jurisdiction of the then Thane
Municipal Council was prepared and published by the council & sanctioned by
1.2.11 In October 1982, the Thane Municipal Corporation was established consisting of
the earstwhile Thane Municipal Council & 32 other settlements including the
Kolshet Balkum industrial complex & other villages along the Thane Ghodbunder
of Thane.
b) Zone plan for Thane North industrial complex forming part of the
c) Zone plan for Kalwa - Parsik & Khari area forming part of the regional
plan.
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e) The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional plan for controlling the land use in the
This was done to control the use of the land prior to establishment of the
Municipal Corporation.
preparing the existing land use (ELU) map as first step in preparation of
development plan for the entire corporation limit. The process of preparation of
draft D.P was initiated in the year 1986.The Draft Development plan (DDP) was
published in the year 1991. After complying with all legal formalities the Revised
Draft D.P. was submitted for the approval of the State Govt in the year1996. The
Govt of Maharashtra after making necessary enquiry and consulting with Director,
Town planning of Maharashtra state sanctioned the development plan with some
modifications.
Following Table elaborate the various Govt. Notifications through which Govt.
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105/99/UD-12 Sector No.X
5 TPS-1200/1502/CR- 03/10/2000 Substantial modification in Sr.No.12 of
325/2000/UD-12 Sector No.VIII
6 TPS-1200/257/CR- 22/07/2002 Substantial modification in Sr.No.56 of
87/2002/UD-12 Sector No.VIII
7 TPS-1201/274/CR- 03/04/2003 Sanctioned with substantial
24/2001/UD-12 modification for entire area of Sector
No.I & Schedule list of this
modification from Section II to XI
8 TPS-120/274/CR- 14/05/2003 Development Plan Implementation for
24/2001/UD-12 excluded portion from above list
table covers the total area of 128.23 sq.km. The Planning authority for the said
plan is Thane Munic ipal Corporation and as per the MR & TP Act, 1966, Cl.42,
said DP is for 20 years from the date of final sanction of this plan
following chart.
12823.00
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3.2 Sectorial distribution of Residential & Industrial zone, reservation
areas and D.P. road areas is given in follwing Table. This is also
termed as Developable Area.
Table – X/2 – Sectoral distribution of developable areas
these sites has been given in following table. The TMC is development authority for737
reserved sites whereas for the remaining 67 sites are expected to be developed by the
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IV 81 98.43
V 112 126.97
VI 94 418.65
VII 3 132.95
VIII 102 135.00
IX 72 65.95
X 58 72.43
XI 78 91.28
Total 804 1267.65
following table-
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4.2 Enchroached Reserved Sites :-
The detailed survey has been carried out by the corporation in the recent past,
which reveals that 149 reserved sites has been enchroached upon by permanent
structures over the years. The details of these enchroached sites is summarised in the
following table.
Regulation Zone (CRZ) Act. There are 12 no. of reservations which still can be
developed for its designated purposes & 103 no. of reservations can not be
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4.4 Summary of open & Developable Reserved sites :
The detailed survey undertaken by the corporation on the recent past reveals that
out of total 804 reserved sites, still 406 sites are open & can be developed for the
designated purposes. The summary of these sites given in the following table –
Presently Thane City have around 760 roads covering 280.00 km. length. Width
of these roads varies from 2.5 m to 60.00 m. Roads with width more than 6.00 m are
major roads while road having width less than 6.00 m are internal roads. From the 760
no. of roads 533 no. of roads are major roads covering about 213.32 km. length &
remaining 227 no. of roads which covers 66.19 km. length are internal roads. The major
roads stated above almo st covers an area of 292 Ha.
742.97 Ha 292.00 Ha
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5.0 Amenitie s & Recreation Grounds :
TMC is entitled to get certain open areas in the form of Amenity spaces &
Recreational ground, according to provisions made in sanctioned Development
Control Regulations. These open spaces available to corporation are treated at par
with reservations made in sanctioned Development Plan.
In the sanctioned D.C.R. following provisions are made vide Clause n. 63.
Uptil now Corporation have acquired 64 no. of amenity spaces. Out of these 64
sites 32 have already been developed for various public purposes. The corpporation
have prepared a priority list of 26 remaining amenity spaces to be developed
innext 3 years. Among the 64 spaces mentioned above at 6 no. of sites developers
will be handing over the constructed facilities free of cost to the Corporation. These
6 constructed amenities are also called as buildable amenities.
corporation
The provisions to convert existing industrial land for development of Residential &
Commercial purpose is permitted in Sanction D.C.R. According to provisions made
in Appendix M clause no.6.
With the previous approval of the commissioner any open land or lands or
Industrial lands in the Industrial zones, may be permitted to utilized for any of
the permissible users in the residential zone R-1 or R2 or for those in the
commercial zone subject to the following :
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Through above provisions in (ii), Thane Municipal Corporation have
acquired 15 no. of sites as Recreation grounds. Out of these 15 sites TMC
is now developing 6 sites through private participation in first phase.
These 6 sites are to be developed as grounds for various sports activities,
jogging track, eco garden. The remaining 9 sites going to be developed in
same manner in second phase.
The land cost for Amenity plots & R.G. is given in the following table
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6.0 Reservation acquired by way of TDR
The concept of Transferable Development Rights has been adopted & necessary
provisions has been made in D.C. Rules in Appendix –W. Under this concept the
land owners whose lands are earmarked for public purpose in D.P., can receive
F.S.I. to the extent permissible on the lands owned by them, provided they
surrender the land under reserved site free of cost & free from encumbrances to
the Municipal Corporation. This New tool of TDR has also reduced heavy cost of
land acquisition & can provide public amenities at faster pace to the citizen.
With the help of above provisions corporation has acquired 17 no. of reservation
lands uptill now. The area acquired through these 17 no. of reservation is about
177764.62 sq.mt.
The details of land acquired by way of T.D.R. is given in the following table.
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7.0 Acomodation Reservations
Provisio n of all the basic Civic Amenities & facilities to the citizens is a basic aim in
the preparation of Development plan. It is obligatory on the part of corporation to
provide basic amenities & facilities But it is seen that this is not always possible for
corporation because of financial problems. Therefore necessary provisions has been
made in appendix 'P' of D.C. rules enabiling the land owners to develop the
reserved sites by adopting Accomodation Reservation policy. This policy permits
the development of reservation for designated purpose through private
participation. This also allow the owner to develop his property for permissible use.
Therefore both corporation & land owner are benefited. This is perfect model of
publice private partnership (PPP) if used carefully.
In this policy land under Reservation are not acquired & developed by Municipal
Corporation. But owner or private Institution will themselves develop the
reservation as per provision of DCR with necessary permissions. By this way civic
amenities & facilities can be made available to peoples by private participation with
minimizing financial burden on corporation.
The list of such Accomodation reservation developed uptill now is given in following
table. This policy have not gathered momentum uptill now and needs to be
accelerated by proper planning in developing such reservations.
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P
5 V Secondary School Mouje Dhokali 5500
No.9 S.No. 88,89 P.
Total 22184.00
Sqmtr.
acquire lands under all the reserved sites. After acquiring these sites the
acquired sites.
The cost of acquisition of entire land under the reserved sites shown in D.P. as per
1991 values comes out to the tune of Rs. 209 Crores.The same cost as per the
present values comes out to the tune of Rs. 6000 Crores, which do not include the
cost for development of these sites. This shows the tremendous financial
9.1 Background
The first sanctioned development plan of the Thane City came into force from 4th
November, 1974. The plan was for the jurisdiction of an area about 26 sq.m. of
then Thane Municipal Council and designed for the population of 2.91 Lakhs by
1991. The Thane Municipal Corporation came into existence on 1st Oct, 1982. Prior
to that or even within a period of 10years from the date of coming into force of
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Development plan was very poor. The local authority succeeded in implementing
the said plan only to the extent of 16.24% in terms of the total reserved area. The
categories-
lands earmarked for public purposes and carrying out the developments by
The development plan envisages public sites earmarked at appropriate places for
providing civic amenities and facilities and proposals of the land use zones for
implement the development plan. The main hurdle in implementation is the huge
amount of funds required & sources through which they can be arranged. Therefore
D.P.implementation.
Planning Act; 1966 U/s 126 stipulated the procedure and powers in this regard.
Though this provision is available, it involves huge cost which exerts heavy
financial burden on the local authority. Also a lot of time required in acquiring
these sites ultimately defeat the purpose of development. These in fact has
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9.2.2 Undertaking town planning schemes. :
The Town planning schemes have the distinct advantage of reducing the cost of
extent by way of lavying betterment contribution from land owners. But this idea
have the drawbacks such as it takes a long delay for the schemes to come into
force on finalisation.
implementation of DP.-
development of reserved sites for the designated purposes by involving the land
owner vide Appendix 'P'. As per these provisions viz; "accomodation reservation",
the landowner can develop the reserved sites for its designated purpose with his
own cost and to handover the same free ofcost to the corporation. In return, he is
premitted to develop the potential F.S.I. for his own purpose in confirmity with the
allowable user in that area as per the zoning of D.P. The category of reservations
that can be developed under this stipulations by way of PPP has been enumerated
in Appendix 'P' of D.C.R. If used properly & convincingly this may prove to be
pefect model.
Development Contro l regulation of the city vide Appendix 'W' The owner of a plot of
land which is reserved for a public purpose in the development plan and to be
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developed by the corporation are eligible for award of Transferable Development
Rights (TDR) in the form of floor space index (FSI) such award will entitle the
owner of the land to FSI in the form of a Development Right Certificate (DRC)
which he may use himself or transfer to any other person. The additional TDR is
also available to the owner who develops or constructs the amenity on the
development rights are in the form of FSI and are equivalent to the area of
plan. The scarcity of funds for acquisition and subsequent development and
the TDR concept. If this policy is systematically planned and implemented, then
this will be a very handy and important tool for implementing the Development
plan. The results are quiet satisfactory and it can been seen that 17 reserved sites
& nearly 12 Ha. land under D.P. road is acquired through this provision in only 3
years span.
Different models for implementing the development plan has been discussed at
various constraints of the local authority it is becoming impossible to adopt the first
three models for D.P. implementation. Therefore corporation after carrying out
comprehensive survey, study and analysis of reserved sites, amenities and open
effectively using the last two models as mentioned above. This programme has in
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e) Development of recreational ground, play ground, garden i.e. open type of
process)
All open type of reservations will be acquired by way of TDR by simplifying the process
5) The D.P. roads with more than 30 m width will be developed on priority.
6) The reservation for housing for dishoused & transit camp will be developed
as per provisions in Appendix 'P' of D.C.R. which will have PPP model.
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