01092pab a2200181 454500 180718b2005 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Pathak, vidyadhar Would decentralisation have made a difference? 2005 p.3902-904. 3 Sep Mumbai needs governance of a different kind, decentralised to a local level and run by individuals more clearly answerable for their local performance, rather than being run by ministers who have state-wide responsibilities and constituencies. This article describes current planning procedures, and looks at a Canadian alternative based on public participation, consensus building and a devolution of local planning to local authorities. It also suggests that the mayor-in-council system of governance, successfully pursued in Kolkata, might have produced a more effective response to the disaster. - Reproduced. Decentralization - India - Maharashtra Decentralization Patel, Shirish Economic and Political Weekly 66889 66889 66889 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 40, Issue no: 36 AR67345 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR