As many as 38,000 homes across slum areas of Digha, Nerul and Shivaji Nagar in Navi Mumbai will be rehabilitated under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme.Minister for industries Uday Samant has given in-principle approval for rehabilitation of slums. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Mantralaya on Thursday, which was attended by MIDC, CIDCO and NMMC officials apart from top Shiv Sena leaders from Navi Mumbai.
According to Vijay Nahata, chairman of the Mumbai Slum Improvement Board, “The meeting was held to discuss the slum redevelopment issue for the slum colonies located from Digha to Nerul Shivaji Nagar area that fall under MIDC jurisdiction.”
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