{"id":23386,"date":"2026-09-12T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23386"},"modified":"2026-09-12T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:43:57","slug":"floor-area-ratio-explained-why-does-it-matter-as-delhi-grapples-with-old-building-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23386","title":{"rendered":"Floor Area Ratio explained: Why does it matter as Delhi grapples with old building collapses |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134120793,imgsize-361926,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg\" alt=\"Floor Area Ratio explained: Why does it matter as Delhi grapples with old building collapses\" title=\"Aerial view of Old Delhi area, seen from Civic Centre in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Aerial view of Old Delhi area, seen from Civic Centre in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)\">Aerial view of Old Delhi area, seen from Civic Centre in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The recently deadly building collapse in Delhi&#8217;s Satya Niketan, which killed seven people at a paying-guest accommodation, has pushed the capital&#8217;s new Master Plan into the spotlight, which considers redevelopment of the old buildings with a renewed Floor Area Ratio (FSR).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Floor Area Ratio is the ratio between a building&#8217;s total constructed floor area, added up across every storey, and the size of the plot it stands on. Planning authorities use it to control how densely a piece of land can be built upon, and therefore how tall or bulky a building can be.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>For example: A 1,000-square-metre plot with an FAR of 1.5 permits 1,500 square metres of total built-up area, spread across as many floors as other rules (like height and setback norms) allow. <!-- -->Raise the FAR to 2.5, and the same plot suddenly supports 2,500 square metres of construction.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>AS per Magicbricks, most of Delhi&#8217;s old buildings currently sit within an FAR of 1.2-3.5, and demolishing and rebuilding them could earn owners significantly more built-up space under the new plan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The higher FAR could give owners of aging buildings additional development potential, providing them with a financial reason to tear down old structures and rebuild them while helping offset the cost of demolition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Indian cities usually have a low FSR, compared to their global counterparts. However, this is changing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>In Karnataka, for instance, the government relaxed rules so that industrial plots along roads wider than 30 metres can achieve an FAR of up to 5.2, against roughly 3.25 earlier, in a bid to allow denser, taller development where land is scarce.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>According to secretary at the ministry of housing and urban affairs, D Thara, the higher floor area ratio (FRA) proposed under Delhi&#8217;s new Master Plan becomes significant as the historic city grapples with old buildings.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/real-estate\/news\/floor-area-ratio-explained-why-does-it-matter-as-delhi-grapples-with-old-building-collapses\/articleshow\/134120329.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerial view of Old Delhi area, seen from Civic Centre in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) The recently deadly building collapse in Delhi&#8217;s Satya Niketan, which killed seven people at a paying-guest accommodation, has pushed the capital&#8217;s new Master Plan into the spotlight, which considers redevelopment of the old buildings with a renewed Floor Area Ratio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/new-delhi-aerial-view-of-old-delhi-area-seen-from-civic-centre-in-new-delhi-.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Aerial view of Old Delhi area, seen from Civic Centre in New Delhi. 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