Colaba STP inaugurated: Uddhav Thackeray mocks BJP’s affordable housing scheme

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The draft development plan 2034 had proposed unlocking 4,378 hectares of land falling under the No Development Zones in areas such as Marve, Malwani and Aksa, as well as salt-pan lands, for housing. The Sena had opposed this, claiming that the move would only benefit selected builders.

On Monday, Thackeray said that the eastern seafront, which has 900 acres of land, should be made available to residents. “The Mahalaxmi racecourse, which is only open to the elite, should be thrown open to the people of the city. All other open spaces, including the MbPT land, should be opened to the public and world-class facilities such as a sea world should be developed on some portion of the land,” he said. Thackeray added that the Mumbai Port Trust should hand over its land to the state government and the civic body. Amid speculations on whether the alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena for the civic polls would continue, the BJP skipped the inauguration altogether.