pune the cashstrapped civic body is banking much on the possibility of additional floor space index fsi along the metro route to bolster its revenue the state government is likely to announce the transit oriented development tod policy for the pune metro project soon the focus will be on additional floor space index fsi for constructions in the tod influence zone along the metro corridortwo options are under consideration while declaring the tod zones these include additional fsi randomly within 500 metres on both sides of the mass rapid transport system corridor or within the periphery of the metro stationsthe pmc which is responsible for issuing building permissions in the city is looking for additional revenue from the premium fsi and construction activities that will be taken up within the metros tod zonepmc officials said a series of discussions has been held on the provisions in the tod policy for the metro project the latest meeting was held at the pmcs head office in the presence of urban development department officials the announcement is expected soon after it receives a nod from chief minister devendra fadnavis an official saidthe metro work in the city has been put on the fast track two lines vanaz to ramwadi and pcmc to swargate are expected to become functional in the next three years albeit in phases in its proposal to the urban development department the pmc has suggested additional fsi in the periphery of the metro stations instead of along the corridor in a linear direction we have tabled our suggestions it is now up to the state government to take the call the government has already come out with tod regulations for the nagpur metro we do not know if similar regulations will be used here a senior pmc official saidsources in the citys real estate sector said discussions on the metros tod zones have been going on for long and its high time that the state government came out with the details people living along the metro corridor are eager to see the impact of the policy the sources saidcivic activists however have sounded an alert about the possible adverse impact of the tod policy on the citys environment especially along the metro corridors they said most areas through which the metro will running are densely populated and additional constructions without proper provisions of margins and parking spaces should be avoidedurban planner ramchandra gohad said additional fsi could not be the only source for the civic administration to look for additional revenue ample tdr is available additional fsi will not benefit the residents as sizes of the plots in teh citys core area are small and most stretches are densely populated the government should look for other ways to boost metros ridership and ensure growth without putting additional burden on the existing infrastructure he said