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1.5 FSI FOR ALL INDUSTRIES!
* It's learnt that GIDC suggested 37-B committee of TCP to allow 1.5 floor-space-index (FSI) for all industries in industrial estates and further to allow 2 FSI for information technology (IT) and knowledge-based industries
* The committee agreed to this suggestion, but only partly ie, 1.5 FSI for all industries including IT and knowledge-based industries in industrial estates
* These recommendations of 37-B committee will have to be presented to a steering committee and after that state government will have to notify them to become law
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WHY CUT IN OPEN SPACE?
* Goa is facing a severe industrial space crunch
* Most of the existing plots are taken up by factories
* 35.56 lakh sq mts of land stuck due to SEZ related litigation
* Anyone applying for industrial land have to wait for months
* Industrial estates put together have 1.74 cr sq mts of land
* @ 5% of above, additional industrial land comes to 8.7 lakh sq mt
* This 8.7 lakh sq mt additional land comes at the cost of open space
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In a move aimed at freeing up industrial spaces, the Town and Country Planning (TCP) department has given a green signal for reduction of open spaces from 15 percent to 10 percent.
Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), which governs all industrial estates, had suggested to town and country planning (TCP) department to allow reduction in open space from the existing 15% to 7.5%. Sources revealed that after intense deliberations, the 37-B committee of TCP has given its go-ahead to reducing the open space from 15% to 10%.
Certain sections of industries were demanding reduction in open space in industrial estates as Goa is facing a severe industrial space crunch partly as most of the existing plots in industrial estates have already been taken up by factories and partly because 35.56 lakh square meters of land is stuck due to special economic zone (SEZ) related litigation.
Due to this, anyone applying for industrial land in Goa has to wait for months. This resulted in demand to reduce open space in industrial estates. All industrial estates in Goa, put together, have 1.74 crores square meter of land. 5% of that comes to 8.7 lakh square meter of additional industrial land.
But, this extra 8.7 lakh square meter additional industrial land is coming at the cost of open space. The idea behind open space is to have area for common facilities like parking or just for the purpose of green-cover, which boosts the working conditions for people working in industrial estates.
A source, on the condition of anonymity, said, “There are many unutilized plots in industrial estates, wherein people have taken land on lease but have done nothing. The state government should seize such plots and allot them to companies serious about having manufacturing operations in Goa.”
Meanwhile, it was also learnt that GIDC had suggested to 37-B committee of TCP to allow 1.5 floor-space-index (FSI) for all industries in industrial estates and further to allow 2 FSI for information technology (IT) and knowledge-based industries.
The committee has agreed to this suggestion, but only partly. The committee has agreed to having 1.5 FSI for all industries including IT and knowledge-based industries in industrial estates. FSI is the ratio of total built-up area of the plot to total surface area.
These recommendations of 37-B committee will have to be presented to a steering committee and after that state government will have to notify them to become law.
