How BMC earned Rs60 lakh from the now discarded development plan
Moneylife Digital Team 21 May 2015
BMC should refund the Rs60 lakh it collected, while supplying information on the Mumbai DP, which was scrapped by the state government, demands RTI activist Anil Galgali
 
The Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2015-2034 that was scrapped by the Maharashtra government following a hue and cry from all quarters, had helped the city corporation to earn Rs60 lakh, reveals a reply received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
 
The reply received by RTI activist Anil Galgali reveals that around 6,839 citizens paid Rs60 lakh to BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as fees for obtaining documents and copies of the DP plan through RTI. "Since, the state government has decided to scrap the Mumbai DP, the BMC should refund the Rs60 lakh it earned, while supplying information to citizens," Galgali said. 
 
He also sent a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya and BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta.
 
In the reply, the Administrative Officer of the DP department at BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) revealed that, citizens sought information like the DCR Booklet, DP Report, DP Sheet and DP Remarks.  In the process, revenue of Rs59,48,087 was generated. Of these, Rs39.05 lakh was earned by providing DP Remarks, to about 2,220 applicants. Almost 4,130 citizens sought DP Sheets, which earned over Rs13 lakh to the municipal corporation. The BMC sold about 312 DCR Booklets earning Rs4.25 lakh. About 177 citizens applied for DP Report bringing in a revenue of Rs3,15, 945.
 
Till 27 April 2015, the BMC received 64,867 suggestions and objections on the DP, the reply received by Galgali to another question shows.
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