The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has relocated around 800 families from 1,100 slums in Worli’s Kamgar Nagar to transit camps in Dharavi in order to facilitate the construction of Sewri-Worli elevated corridor
The demolition of the slums was completed on September 19, and work on the corridor began on Wednesday, metropolitan commissioner SVR Srinivas told HT. The project is scheduled to be completed within 18 months. The last leg of the rehabilitation will involve shifting 160 more families. On September 24, chief minister Eknath Shinde met some of these families. “The CM asked the remaining residents to either opt for monthly rent or go in for transit tenements in Century Bazar. Some 40-odd people have decided to take the rent. We will make the payment and shift them accordingly. About 90% of rehabilitation work is completed,” Srinivas said.
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Source: Hindustan Times
