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SRA Cancels 181 of 228 Mumbai Joint Venture Projects

MUMBAI: Nearly two years after the government instructed various state-run corporations to carry out slum redevelopment at 228 locations in collaboration with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), 181 projects have been abandoned due to minimal progress and feasibility issues. Of the 77 proposed joint ventures, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now proceed with only 44, while the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) will complete 2 of its 24, and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will implement just 1 of its 5. The SRA will take over these projects under its cluster redevelopment scheme or through…

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Bombay HC Rejects Koli Societies’ Slum Redevelopment Challenge

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by two societies representing the Koli community from Danda Koliwada, a fishing village in Khar West. The petition challenged a court-appointed committee’s determination that slum redevelopment would not negatively impact their activities. Justices Makarand Karnik and Shriram Modak remarked that the societies’ challenge to the committee’s findings and requested reliefs involved intricate fact-finding and the need to evaluate evidence. They noted, “Hence the dispute raised by the petitioners can only be resolved before the competent civil court, and it is not possible for us to examine such disputes under writ…

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Kolkata: 1,000 Slum Dwellers Relocated to Banglar Bari

KOLKATA: Nearly 1,000 residents from 220 families in Jhoro Bustee, a slum near Golf Club Road, have relocated to the KMDA-developed ‘Banglar Bari’ on the same site. This project consists of five five-storey blocks, offering a total of 220 flats at a cost of Rs 13.4 crore, with each flat covering an area of 366 sq ft. According to KMDA officials, construction of a community center and kitchen is already in progress and is expected to be finalized within a few months. “The housing project was executed in two phases—180 units in the first phase and 40 in the second…