After years of waiting, residents of the century-old Bombay Development Directorate (BDD) chawls can look forward to having better and bigger living spaces.
The state government has finally announced the cluster development scheme for the British-era chawls which occupy 93 acres across Worli, Naigaon, NM Joshi Marg and Sewri.
The state-owned Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) will be in charge of the project to redevelop the chawls. A decision in this regard was taken on Thursday by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis after a meeting with MHADA officials.
“The century-old chawls are beyond repair, as evidenced by their structural audits,” said Chandrakant Patil, Minister for the Public Works Department, which owns the property.
Interestingly, the Public Works Department had spent a whopping Rs140 crore in past seven years to repair, maintain and clean up the dilapidated chawls.
The three-storey buildings, home to nearly 16,553 families, contain 160-square-foot tenements with common bathrooms and toilets.
Redevelopment may cost the state over Rs2,500 crore.
The project will comprise new houses of up to 550 sq ft, and will yield a stock of low-cost houses for sale.
source:DNA
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