The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued stop work notices to 18 developers, executing as many housing projects with different names, on the civic body’s land in the city, for failing to deposit the premium amount. “These developers collectively owes Rs 357 crores to the BMC, accumulated since May 2012, besides 18 per cent penalty on late payment,” the BMC said in a statement.
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With an objective to arrest the misuse of free FSI and to mobilise much-needed revenue for infrastructure development of the city, the government had, in 2012, amended the Development Control Rules (DCR) and allowed builders to pay premium to the civic bodies, in lieu of availing the fungible FSI. “As the builders have failed to pay the premium for their redevelopment projects, stop work notice has been issued to 18 projects and the project owners have been asked to clarify,” said the statement.
