Mhada urges redevelopment of cessed buildings in Mumbai island city, ET RealEstate
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) will be writing to landlords and tenant associations of the 13,091 cessed buildings in the island city, urging them to take up the redevelopment of their old and dilapidated buildings at the earliest. The letters will also be pasted on the front of these buildings.
Mhada CEO and vice-president Sanjeev Jaiswal has directed officials to create awareness amongst cessed building residents and landlords of the amended rules and to take the initiative to avail themselves of additional floor space index under Regulations 33(7) and 33(9) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR)-2034 and carry out redevelopment.
The govt has amended section 79A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (Mhada) Act, 1976. This allows landowners the first opportunity to submit a redevelopment proposal to the Mhada board within six months with the irrevocable consent of 51% of tenants/residents.
If the owner fails to submit a proposal, the proposed cooperative housing society of tenants/residents is then given the opportunity to submit a project proposal to the board within six months with the irrevocable consent of 51% of tenants/residents. If no proposal is submitted, the Mhada Mumbai Building Repair and Reconstruction Board can acquire the building and the land beneath it to carry out the redevelopment process.
So far Mhada has carried out the structural audit of 555 buildings and the inspection of rest of the buildings will be completed within a year, said officials.
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