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Nashik: More than 300 property owners submitted the agreement to surrender their land to the civic administration for widening six-metre and 7.5-metre roads to nine metres. Till now more than 300 stakeholders have submitted the agreement declaring that they are ready to surrender the land to us,” an NMC officer said. Developers/owners can avail of transfer of developmental rights and premium floor space index in lieu of the land handed over to them.These smaller roads are congested due to development and increasing number of vehicles. To widen these roads to nine metres, NMC will acquire 1.5 metre private land on both sides of buildings adjacent to smaller roads and give premium FSI in return.“We had appealed to stakeholders to participate in the scheme, through public notification on July 30. After the decision of the state government to convert the smaller roads into 9 metre roads, all plot owners will get premium FSI and TDR.To convert smaller roads into nine metres, developers/property owners will have to hand over equal margins on both sides to the Nashik Municipal Corporation, which will take possession of these and widen the roads..