CM gives 1,650 Mhada transit tenements at Mazagaon to Trust for rehabilitation of PAPs.
More than a year after the Rs2,000-crore Bhendi Bazaar cluster redevelopment project got in-principle approval from the municipal corporation, the wheels have been set in motion.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has given 1,650 of the state housing board’s transit tenements at Mazagaon to the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust to rehabilitate the project-affected people for a period of three years.
This is the first time that such a huge number of transit tenements have been given by the state government.
“The state government’s decision will surely boost the Bhendi Bazaar redevelopment project. It would have been major task for the Trust to rehabilitate the 3,500 families of the 281 dilapidated buildings in the area. There are also 1,500 shops and offices in the area spread over 18 acres,” said Satish Gavai, vice-president and chief executive officer, Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada).
The transit tenements are on the same premises as the mill workers’ housing project. Mhada will charge Rs6,000 per tenement from the Trust as rent. In addition, the tenant will have to bear the maintenance and civic amenities to the authority concerned. Mhada has constructed nearly 6,700 tenements for mill workers and 3,200 for transit accommodations.
The project involves demolition and reconstruction of cessed and dilapidated buildings in Bhendi Bazaar to be undertaken by the Saifee Burhani Trust. The project was initiated by Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, and it will be implemented by the Trust on a no-profit, no-loss basis. Almost 80% of the residents are Dawoodi Bohras, a million-strong tightly-knit community, who live in 150 sqft tenements.
The trust plans to rehabilitate the 3,500 families in 350-sq-ft flats and revamp the entire area to include wider roads and open spaces. Existing religious structures will be retained and the township’s centre piece will be the Raudat Tahera, tomb of the previous Syedna — the present leader’s father.
Solar-powered lights, buildings designed to cut air-conditioning costs and water recycling plants are a few of the green practices to be used in the project.
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