Redevelopment work of Bhendi Bazaar smoothened

The redevelopment project of Bhendi Bazaar, lauded as the biggest community cluster redevelopment project of Mumbai, is set to be smoothened with the Mumbai City Collectorate having decided to acquire 22 buildings that were hampering work. The project, being taken up by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust (SBUT), has been approved by the BMC, MHADA and is being executed by a private developer. Regulation 33(9) of the Development Control Ragulations provides for compulsory acquisition of buildings from non-consenting owners for the purpose of undertaking cluster redevelopment projects. The Collector’s office has initiated the land acquisition proceedings for the remaining buildings that form part of the 16.5 acre Bhendi Bazaar project.