Slow Development Pace Hampers NAINA Project, Raises Concerns Over Smart City Initiative
Over the span of 11 years, the Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA), initially designed to be 1.2 times larger than Navi Mumbai itself, has seen only 79 projects obtaining occupational certificates (OC). This sluggish pace of development has resulted in diminishing interest from both developers and villagers, leading to a dampened enthusiasm for the envisioned smart city initiative.
Following the state government’s decision to exclude 80 out of the 174 villages initially designated under NAINA, the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), serving as the Special Planning Authority (SPA) for NAINA, is now tasked with developing only 94 villages. The area earmarked for development has significantly decreased since the inception of NAINA, shrinking from 270 villages to the current 94 villages. Moreover, the state government previously transferred 96 villages from NAINA to MSRDC for the development of a smart city along the Mumbai-Pune expressway.
Source: Lokmat Times