CONTENTS Abstract i Acknowledgements iii CONTENTS v 1. List of tables vii 2. List of images vii 3. List of figures . ix 4. List of abbreviations xi 1. Introduction . 1 1.1. Background and Concern 1 1.2. Thesis Statement . 1 1.3. Aim . 2 1.4. Objective . 2 1.5. Methodology . 2 1.6. Expected outcome . 3 1.7. Scope and Limitations . 3 2. Due Process . 5 2.1. Plan - for the people? 5 2.2. Plan shaping the city . 6 2.3. The Act, the process and the Actors 8 3. DP 2034 11 3.1. Story of Mumbai DP2034 . 11 3.2. Chronology . 13 3.3. Departures from standard procedure . 15 3.3.1. Roping in talent - Private consultants . 15 3.3.2. Learning from the past – Consultative workshops 15 4. Mechanics of the Protest . 21 4.1. Emergence of new actors 21 4.1.1. Civil Society 22 4.1.2. Media 26 4.2. Modus operandi 28 5. Observation and Inferences . 31 5.1. Obsolete Act 31 5.2. Civil society heterogeneity 32 5.3. Consultation vs Participation 33 5.4. Static Plan, but flexible planning 34 6. Recommendations and Conclusions 35 6.1. Recommendations . 35 6.1.1. Multi-level planning – . 36 6.1.2. Participatory planning – 36 6.1.3. Continuous planning - . 37 6.2. Re-Process . 37 6.2.1. Methodology for rearticulating process 38 6.2.2. Revised Process. 42 6.2.3. Salient feature of the recommended process . 46 6.3. Conclusion 50 References . 51 7. Appendices 55 A1. Appendix I – Literature review . 55 A2. Appendix II - Interviews . 59 7.1.1. Mr. Hussain Indorewala 59 7.1.2. Mr. Dinesh Naik 61 7.1.3. Mr. Ramesh Prabhu. 64 7.1.4. Mr. Simpreet Singh . 68 7.1.5. Mr. Abhijit Ekbote 69 7.1.6. Mr. Omkar Gupta 74 7.1.7. Mr. Vidyadhar K. Phatak 76 7.1.8. Mrs. Prachi Merchant 87 7.1.9. Mr. Rajesh Mangela 91 7.1.10. Mr. Ameet Satam 94 7.1.11. Mr Aravind Unni . 98 7.1.12. Mr PantBalekundri 103