Mumbai: If things go according to plan, in the near future one will be able to shop, attend business conferences, go bowling and do much more at the Mumbai airport. The region in and around the airport's periphery is set to be transformed into a 'nano city'.
Two years after it was started, the plan for the first phase of development of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) has been approved by a state government-appointed scrutiny committee. It would now be put before chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.
While the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA; appointed as the special planning agency for the CSIA-notified area) was late in submitting the final plan to the government, the urban development department used a provision of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act to overcome the resultant lapse.
16/02/13 Sandeep Ashar & Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India
