MUMBAI: Mumbai’s controversial proposed Development Plan (DP) has been scrapped by the Maharashtra government . Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced this at a press conference in Mumbai today. Fadnavis said that the decision to scrap the Mumbai Development Plan was decided on Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting."We have decided to scrap the proposed Development Plan as there were a number of complaints and objections against the DP Plan. The Committee headed by Chief Secretary Swadhin Kshatriya also found many mistakes and flaws in the DP and based on the report of the committee the state has decided to scrap this DP." said Fadnavis.He added, "We have asked the BMC to reformulate the new Development Plan for Mumbai and submit it within four months."The state government ’s decision to scrap the DP plan would be seen as a victory for activists as well as political parties like the Shiv Sena and the MNS that were opposed to the DP plan. Besides giving higher FSI of up to 8 in congested areas like Dadar, the DP plan also proposed ‘utilising’ the Aarey colony land for housing ‘Infrastructure and Educational institutes’ in the city. Since Aarey is known as the city’s green lung the plan to develop Aarey was vociferously objected to. While the Sena was opposed to the DP plan in its entirety, the MNS had raised a ruckus claiming that the DP plan was made with the builder lobby in mind and that it would lead to the city being taken over by non- Marathis.The DP plan also had numerous errors like Cemetries, schools, and iconic heritage buildings were either wrongly shown as reserved for Recreational ground or play grounds or were entirely missing from the DP plan altogether.