Maharashtra launches ₹16,000-cr redevelopment project

Maharashtra Government has launched the reconstruction of chawls in central Mumbai. These chawls, located in central Mumbai, comes under the Bombay Development Department (BDD) and the project has already been quite delayed. Chawls, a Marathi word, are groups of dwelling units – usually having one room or two – built along a corridor and these dwellings share sanitary facilities. The buildings of chawls vary between being one-storied to five-storied, and the shared sanitary facilities include mainly lavatories and sometimes bath and washing, usually shared between either resident of one floor or even the entire building at times.

The project is being constructed by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) which has been appointed as the nodal agency for this project under the new government. The Worli phase of the project would be undertaken by Tata Projects and Capacite Infraprojects, and it has an expected completion time of three years for the construction of a 40-storey building for housing the residents and that construction work is likely to start at other locations shortly.