Bhushan Gagrani, the head of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has accused the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) of overstepping its jurisdiction as the planning authority. In a letter sent this month, Gagrani claims that the SRA is issuing development permissions under regulations 33(12)B and 33(19), which are not covered by
In an effort to facilitate the relocation of tenants from the old Bombay Development Directorate (BDD) Chawls and encourage greater cooperation, the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has decided to provide eligible tenants with 11 months’ rent in a single installment. The Authority announced that tenants eligible for
The Union Cabinet approved the development of an all-weather greenfield deep draft major port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra, with a project cost of Rs 76,200 crore. According to an official statement, the port will be constructed by Vadhavan Port Project Limited (VPPL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) created by the
Dharavi DharavuDharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. Ltd. (DRPPL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established by the state government and the Adani group, has requested a five-year lease for 15 acres of land in BKC from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The Adani group secured the bid to redevelop Dharavi
The Maharashtra government’s slum policy, which converts private and public lands into free tenement for encroachers after they are recognized as slum rehabilitation areas, was called “strange” by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The court stated that nowadays we would not be faced with the issue of an international
The Vakola neighborhood in Santacruz, Mumbai, has seen the successful handover of 80 homes to families by Naiknavare Developers, a building business based in Pune. This is a major turning point for the ‘Jagruti’ Slum Rehabilitation Project (SRA), which started in December 2022 and covers about 12 acres in total.
On June 20, a luxurious villa in Mumbai’s Juhu Vile Parle residential area home to a number of Bollywood actors will be up for sale. Situated around one kilometre from Juhu Beach in Nutan Laxmi Cooperative Society, the eight-story bungalow features a duplex on the top floor. There is just
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new Union Cabinet made a bold decision just hours after taking office for a historic third consecutive term on June 10: to support the construction of an additional three crore rural and urban homes under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). The goal of this large-scale
On June 27, MHADA will hold an online bidding e-auction to sell 173 apartments. Those who meet the requirements can register online at www.eauction.mhada.gov.in. The same day, from 11 AM to 5 PM, non-resident flat sales will also be auctioned off. Registered applicants who have finished uploading their documents and
In place of monthly rent payments, the inhabitants of BDD Chawl have made their desire known to the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA), who has agreed to accept it. The BDD Chawl households will now get their rent payments from MHADA, one installment lasting eleven months. When the BDD
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