It asked the firm to come up with the correct figures, shortly after Maharashtra state government officials made a presentation before the Committee on the laws governing Lavasa's upcoming hill city near Pune.
The move is the latest obstacle in the path of the embattled corporation as it tries to restart work at its stalled hill city project near Pune.
The Committee noted that Lavasa had arrived at 41.57 hectares as the maximum possible built-up area by taking the entire 613 hectares of land under consideration. It pointed out that according to the clarification given by the State Government, Lavasa could not have used the entire 613 hectares of land to calculate the maximum possible built-up area or FSI (floor space index.)
It pointed out that very steep hill slopes are not part of the strict project area and cannot therefore not be counted for the purpose of calculating the FSI. Read the full report here.
Source: by Deepti Rajan, Real Time News.
