The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is planning to initiate a crackdown on illegal and unauthorised constructions on its land across Mumbai, especially those amidst redevelopment led by the authority, some of which are facing resistance from the residents.
On May 19, HT reported on the pushback faced by the authorities at several such colonies. This comes at a time when several MHADA colonies across Mumbai are at different stages of redevelopment planning. Large housing clusters such as SVP Nagar in Andheri West, Motilal Nagar in Goregaon West, Bandra Reclamation and Adarsh Nagar at Worli are in the process of being redeveloped. Residents from these areas have opposed the redevelopment plans questioning the manner in which they are being rolled out. Residents and housing societies have even moved court challenging MHADA’s plans and decisions. At some of the housing societies that MHADA has included in its cluster redevelopment plan , the housing bodies were already in discussions with private developers to get their buildings revamped, which has now stalled.
People have termed the redevelopment process “undemocratic” saying that they have no say in the process.
