Confirming the policy decision SH Gohil, Assistant Town Planner of Thane Municipal corporation, said, "The policy states that plots with reservations, will be sold to the developers. However, environmentalists have panned the idea, they say once an open land is lost it's gone forever. Rishi Agarwal, environmentalists puts it this way, the developer will benefit with this policy and open spaces will be gone. "There are very few open spaces we need to protect them and not serve the developers on a platter to generate revenue. This whole move is objectionable and thought on how to generate revenue instead of giving away open spaces reserved for amenities be thought about," he said.

Source: dna November 25, 2017 01:22 UTC