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Major reforms underway for redevelopment of 14,000 cess buildings in Mumbai

The eight member committee headed by the housing minister submitted their report under the Development Control rule of 33(7) cluster development and individual building development scheme.

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After the incident of Dongri building collapse where 13 people lost their lives, Maharashtra government is likely to issue the ordinance for the redevelopment of the 14,000 old and dilapidated buildings in Mumbai.

The eight member committee headed by the housing minister submitted their report under the Development Control rule of 33(7) cluster development and individual building development scheme. After being approved by the state law and judiciary department, the ordinance will be sanctioned by the Chief Minister in the next cabinet. It will then pave way for the redevelopment of these 14,000 cess buildings.

Confirming this, Ravindra Waikar, state minister for housing said that if the developer fails after issuance of NOC by MHADA to develop the project with consent of 51% occupants within three years, then development contract will be cancelled. "The second point presented, if the developer fails, the occupant of the building can undertake the redevelopment under their own hand and can develop the building by themselves. The government will help and promote this self-redevelopment model as well. The last point is that if both first and second point did not work out, then MHADA can undertake this halfway left project. Interestingly, here MHADA need not seek the 51% consent from the occupants of the building," the minister informed.

Waikar said, it will be mandatory for the developers to undertake and complete the project in the stipulated time period only. "If the developers fail to do so, then the show cause notice will be issued to them. When the developers leave the project in half way, then a criminal cases be registered against unscrupulous developers," housing minister said.

Amin Patel, Congress MLA who is also the member of this committee said that the land owners of these cessed buildings will get the 25% of total cost of the land as per the ready reckoner rate. "While deciding the value of the land, the project viability has to be also checked. Henceforth, for redevelopment, developers need only the consent of 51% occupants against the earlier 70%. Besides, many people are staying in these old and dilapidated buildings from last several years so the MHADA should not charge the repair cess from these cess buildings residence," Patel said.

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  • Residents of cess buildings should be given 500 sq ft of area on the line of BDD scheme
  • If the plot is small and redevelopment is unlikely, the floor space index of the building plot should be allowed to use somewhere else
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