SRA will take over 500 stalled projects: Jitendra Awhad -Governance Now

SRA will take over 500 stalled projects: Jitendra Awhad

Projects will have time limit for completion

Geetanjali Minhas | August 10, 2021 | Mumbai

#slum development #urban development #urban governance #Maharashtra #Mumbai #Jitendra Awhad

Thousands of slum dwellers are on the streets, not even getting rent for several years as many projects are stuck under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme. Now the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) will take over and develop more than 500 projects left in limbo by builders and developers, Maharashtra housing minister Jitendra Awhad has said.

Many banks as well as financial institutions have provided funds to the developers after the letter of intent (LOI) is received and banks and financial institutions then approach the SRA to provide aid. Around Rs 50,000 crore have been invested in slum rehabilitation schemes where developers have not done any work beyond the letter of intent. Several partially demolished slums and buildings are stuck with residents languishing out of their homes.

“The Slum Rehabilitation Authority will now take over these projects which have been stalled for many years and develop them,” Awhad said on Monday, clarifying that receipt of LOI under the SRA Scheme does not mean that the developers become the owners of the land.

The housing minister said that SRA is planning Shivshahi Rehabilitation Project to take appropriate measures for closed projects and build houses of slum dwellers in the rehabilitated building.

“This decision will also apply to MHADA” he added.

Awhad also said that after taking LOI, a time limit will be fixed for completion of projects.

Comments

Other News

The perils of metro roads – A Delhi/NCR context

The anxiety and chaos that we face on our city roads are endemic, dangerous, and deadly. It emerges from a combination of too many vehicles, road conditions, ineffective traffic controls, poor planning and lack of innovative corrections, loose enforcement, and lacking traffic discipline in the commuters, t

‘Classified’, a scintillating expose of the ISRO spy story

Classified: Hidden Truths in the ISRO Spy Story By J. Rajasekharan Nair Srishti Publishers, 280 pages, Rs 350 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was rocked by a spy case in 1994, taking down in its wake six persons, including S. Nambi Narayanan. The

If Rahul is in race to prove himself a better Hindu, our efforts have paid off: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, a member of the RSS National Executive, has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi proudly proclaiming to be a better Hindu is a welcome step and the opposition’s newfound claim that their Hinduism is superior to the Hinduism of RSS is the new competition in India. &nbs

SRE is a mindset

In 2010, I attended a self-development program called ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’. This program deeply impacted me, and I underwent a life-changing experience. Stephen Covey writes, “The way we see the problem is the problem.” We must allow ourselves to undergo p

“But for Nehru’s non-alignment, India would’ve been where China is today”

Dark Secrets: Politics, Intrigue and Proxy Wars in Kashmir By Iqbal Chand Malhotra Bloomsbury, 277 pages With his latest work, ‘Dark Secrets’, scholar and media personality Iqbal Chand Malhotra continues the investigation he began with

Maharashtra schools to reopen on January 24

Maharashtra has announced the reopening of schools for classes 1-12 from January 24 with Covid protocols. Education minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Thursday that the government will reopen schools for classes 1-12th with Covid protocols from January 24. “We have also decided to open p