Nagpur: The real estate sector , especially in areas around the Metro corridor, has come to a standstill due to delay by state government in issuing the amended notification for transit oriented development (TOD). Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had sent the proposal to director of town planning (DTP), Pune, on August 2, and since then it has not moved further. The proposal needs to be approved by Nitin Kareer, principal secretary (urban development).Builder Shravan Kukreja said that the existing TOD policy was impractical. “Balconies can’t be projected outside the building and lobbies are included in the floor to space index (FSI). The side margins for high rises are too much, and far more than those required for a fire tender,” he added.State government had issued a draft amended TOD policy in mid-March. NMC invited suggestions and objections from citizens and held a public hearing on the policy. Builders’ body Credai, builders and architects had offered several suggestions. NMC took cognisance of these suggestions and added some from its own side. The proposal was then sent to DTP.Credai, in its submission to NMC, had said that at present extra FSI was not permissible on plots on roads having width less than 9m. “We want the government to sanction FSI of 1.5 on narrow roads, and on plots of any size. Many roads in the Metro Rail corridor area are narrow and residents should not be deprived of benefit from the policy,” the submission stated.As per the present policy, lift wells with machine rooms, refuge areas, voids, service floor, entrance lobbies, and lobbies of building will not be counted in FSI. The builders want that all passages on all floors should also be free of FSI.“In cases where relaxation in height is required, it can be given by paying relaxation charges as per precedence. The height of the building should be regulated by front road of higher width in case of double frontage or corner plots,” he added. Nair also said that if 3m strip was left for public parking or pedestrian pathway, requirement of visitor parking should be done away with.

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