Maharashtra: Soon, first floor residents of chawls to be included in SRA
MUMBAI: The State Housing Department is expected to send a proposal to the Cabinet, recommending that first-floor residents of chawls be included in Slum Rehabilitation Schemes, government sources have told Mumbai Mirror. A Housing Department official told Mirror that the proposal will apply specifically only to chawls, and not slums. According to the draft proposal, a chawl is a structure built before 1976 on private land that have property tax proof and non-agricultural documents. Once eligibility is confirmed for a chawl, residents need to provide proof of residence from before January 1, 2000. Currently, residents above the ground floor are…