Mumbai's developer community is worried. For nearly five months now, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has stopped issuing a crucial document to city builders which is mandatory for securing the no-objection certificate from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for all buildings reaching beyond certain AAI-specified heights anywhere within the 20-km radius from the airport. As a result, several new constructions and redevelopment projects in the city have been stalled. Developers say an internal dispute between the AAI and the BMC is to blame for the mess.
It goes like this: Till March, the BMC was responsible for providing the World Geodetic System-84 coordinate certificate (the certificate specified the latitude and longitude of a particular plot and the site elevation) to the developers, who in turn had to submit it to the AAI, along with their application, for building height clearances.
At present, AAI approval is required for buildings of any height within a 3km radius of the airport. Buildings with a height of 45 metres within a 5.5km radius, 65m in a 6.5km radius, 80m buildings in a 7.5km radius and buildings of 85m beyond a 22km radius of the airport is permissible. Beyond these specified heights, AAI approval is required.
03/08/15 Amrita Nayak Dutta/Daily News & Analysis
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It goes like this: Till March, the BMC was responsible for providing the World Geodetic System-84 coordinate certificate (the certificate specified the latitude and longitude of a particular plot and the site elevation) to the developers, who in turn had to submit it to the AAI, along with their application, for building height clearances.
At present, AAI approval is required for buildings of any height within a 3km radius of the airport. Buildings with a height of 45 metres within a 5.5km radius, 65m in a 6.5km radius, 80m buildings in a 7.5km radius and buildings of 85m beyond a 22km radius of the airport is permissible. Beyond these specified heights, AAI approval is required.
03/08/15 Amrita Nayak Dutta/Daily News & Analysis
