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State Government | Maharashtra - India | PID: 198432
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The Maharashtra government has cleared 30 integrated townships, with 8 of them in the Pune Metropolitan Region, and 12 in the construction stage. The government has also relaxed the landholding norms by amending the Maharashtra Agriculture Lands (ceiling on holding) Act, 1961 and after that proposals have increased manifold from developers mainly from Pune, followed by Thane, Raigad, and Konkan areas. As per the amendment, there is now no restriction on developers holding more than 54 acres of land. They can buy unlimited acres of land for development of integrated townships and construction of affordable houses in Maharashtra. The earlier provisions of the Land Ceiling Act prevented a single buyer from acquiring more than 54 acres. While the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has received proposals for around 13 integrated townships, the rest are spread across Thane and Raigad districts in Konkan division, and in the Nagpur division. "We should see more such proposals from peripheral areas, with large-scale infrastructure projects being planned on the outskirts," said a senior town planning official. The two years of the pandemic had slowed down the response from most parts of the state, except Pune, Mumbai and Thane. Credai national chairman Satish Magar said that post-pandemic demand and supply of integrated townships had increased as people feel more secure in such townships because of their overall infrastructure and facilities, besides boosting the infrastructure of the surrounding areas as well
| Updated on: 21 - May - 2022
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