Rental housing FSI may be lowered to 3

Mumbai: The state government's affordable rental housing scheme may get anFSI of three instead of four for projects that will come up within municipal limits if the latest recommendation by a committee implemented. This will make the projects low-rise and easier to maintain. 

    The committee, comprising Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority(MMRDA) commissioner Rahul Asthana, urban development department secretary Thomas Benjamin and principal secretary (housing) Gautam Chatterjee, has also recommended an FSI of one in Urban 1 and Urban 2 zones, which fall in areas being developed as growth centres by the MMRDA. —Ashley D'Mello