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Maharashtra Minister to Discuss First-Floor Slum Rehab with CM, DCMs

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai announced on Thursday that there will be discussions with the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Ministers regarding the demand to include first-floor slum dwellers for rehabilitation under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes in Mumbai. State Assembly members raised concerns about long-term residents residing on the first floors of slum structures, stating that excluding them would hinder the efforts to achieve a slum-free Mumbai. Under current regulations, only ground-floor structures are recognized and numbered for SRA project eligibility, Desai explained during the question hour. “If we are to consider changes, such as recognizing ‘one plus…

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Maharashtra: Just 25% of Slum Rehab Goal Achieved in 3 Years

Representative AI image MUMBAI: With less than two months remaining, the state government has achieved only 25% of its goal to construct 1.5 lakh slum rehabilitation tenements for the period 2022-2025. As of September, 37,560 tenements have been completed and occupied, according to officials from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). The sluggish construction pace jeopardizes the aim of building over 5 lakh houses by 2030. In 2022, the government identified 517 stalled slum rehabilitation projects. Of these, 45 projects received backing from financial institutions, and new builders were appointed for 21 of them. Decisions for the remaining projects are still…