Mumbai Cluster Redevelopment Gets Major Boost As Govt Announces Full Waiver Of Registration Fees For 400–600 Sq Ft Homes
November 21, 2025: In a significant policy intervention aimed at reviving Mumbai’s long-delayed cluster redevelopment projects, the Maharashtra government has approved a complete waiver of registration fees for homes sized between 400 and 600 sq ft allotted to eligible tenants and residents within the BMC limits. The decision, formally cleared by the Revenue Department on […]
Mumbai Misses Slum Rehab Target: Only 37,560 Homes Ready, Raising Doubts On 2030 Housing Goals
November 11, 2025: With less than two months remaining until the 2022–25 deadline, Mumbai has completed barely a quarter of its target to construct 1.5 lakh tenements for slum rehabilitation. According to officials from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), only 37,560 homes had been completed and granted occupation certificates as of September 2025. The sluggish […]
Redevelopment Stalled: 51,582 Huts Stand On BMC’s Reserved Plots Across Mumbai
Redevelopment Stalled: 51,582 Huts Stand On BMC’s Reserved Plots Across Mumbai BMC Faces Major Hurdles in Redeveloping Slums on Municipal Plots The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 51,582 huts built on its reserved plots across Mumbai and its suburbs, with redevelopment efforts stalled for years, similar to delays seen in slum rehabilitation projects on […]
Koli Women Vendors Allege Developer Of Intimidation Over Grant Road Market Redevelopment
October 21, 2025: Women fish vendors at Lokmanya Tilak Market, Grant Road, have accused a developer of exerting pressure to vacate their stalls ahead of a proposed redevelopment. The Akhil Maharashtra Machhimar Kruti Samiti (AMMKS), representing the vendors, stated that the market has been the livelihood hub for over 300 Koli women since 1960. Punit […]
BMC Extends Deadline For Redevelopment Bids On 26 Slum Rehabilitation Projects
October 7, 2025: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended by two weeks the deadline for submission of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from qualified developers for the redevelopment of 26 slum rehabilitation schemes situated on civic-owned lands. The new deadline for bid submissions is now October 27. A majority of these land parcels fall within […]
Mumbai Set For Housing Transformation With Large-Scale Redevelopment Of Societies
September 19, 2025: Mumbai is witnessing a sweeping wave of redevelopment, with 910 cooperative housing societies taken up for reconstruction since 2020. According to a report titled Redevelopment Story by property consultancy Knight Frank, these projects will deliver 44,277 new homes worth an estimated Rs 1.25 lakh crore by 2030, covering nearly 327 acres of […]
BMC Clears 64 Redevelopment Projects Without Needing Slum Dwellers’ Consent
June 11, 2025: Following the Dharavi redevelopment model, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that no consent from slum dwellers will be required for the redevelopment of 64 slum plots located on municipal land. This policy shift streamlines the redevelopment process for developers, after the Maharashtra government transferred responsibility for these projects to the […]
BMC Unveils 64 Slum Redevelopment Projects Across 11 City Wards
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) for slum redevelopment on 64 civic-owned plots across Mumbai, modelled on the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) — the flagship scheme undertaken by the Maharashtra state government in collaboration with the Adani Group. This move comes three months after the BMC decided to lease […]