India, Aug. 4 -- Forest minister Ganesh Naik launched his sharpest attack yet on deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde's cluster redevelopment policy, questioning the "wise man" behind the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR), warning that higher floor space index (FSI) would make Navi Mumbai "unliveable" and declaring that he would "put in place" anyone who challenged him.

Addressing a gathering in Vashi, the Airoli MLA alleged, "There is an attempt to create a cluster redevelopment fad by bringing even buildings that are neither 30 years old nor dangerously dilapidated under the scheme. Excuses are being searched from everywhere to push cluster redevelopment."

Naik warned that indiscriminate implementation of cl...