Free Regularization of 500 sq ft Encroachments in Maharashtra
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has announced a significant policy change allowing for the free regularization of residential encroachments up to 500 square feet that existed as of January 1, 2011, applicable statewide, but excluding Mumbai and its suburbs, according to a minister’s statement on Friday. Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule clarified that encroachments on riverbeds, drains, grazing land, public roads, forests, cremation grounds, playgrounds, and designated school or hospital lands will not be regularized under any circumstances. “Such encroachments will be removed, and families affected will be considered for alternative housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY),” he added. The…