will remain as it is no construction will be allowed except the proposed metro car shed and the botanical garden and zoo he saidfor draft dp 2034 the town planner has divided the citys green spaces into two partsthe first is natural areaincluding forests creeks mangroves and a few salt pan landswhere no construction is allowed and the second is ndz land that has development potential most of the ndz lands in the city are owned by businessmen the revised draft dp had recently proposed that if the owners of ndz lands construct affordable homes and social amenities on 33 of the builtup space and hand them over to the bmc for free and set aside another 33 area for public open spaces they would be entitled to build saleable houses on the remaining 34 after utilizing the fsi of the entire plotbut insiders in the civic body claimed that in future the ndz rule could be manipulated for construction activities inside aarey its hypothetical but the fact remains that when they are marking it as ndz it means all the criteria fixed for ndz land will be applicable for aarey so in future if the government wants it can construct buildings inside aarey said a civic officialthe dp planner defended its decision stating that though aarey is marked as ndz it is not making any construction proposals there however there was no explanatory note to restrict construction in aareyaarey is the citys natural assetwe will not allow destruction that will benefit builders we welcome the civic chiefs assurance that aarey will remain as a natural area said d stalin an environmentalist