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There are more than 14,000 cessed buildings in South Mumbai and over 13,000 of them still need to be redeveloped. The state government has been promoting the redevelopment in clusters over individual redevelopment projects, particularly in South Mumbai.
Mumbai: MHADA issues 1200 Notices to developers, housing societies to take over stalled redevelopment projects.
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has issued approximately 1,200 notices to various developers and housing societies. MHADA has taken this step with the aim of taking over the redevelopment projects and completing them as they have been delayed or abandoned by the current developers or societies.
On December 22, an amendment was made in the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976. This amendment bestowed power to MHADA to take over the project on its own plot if the developers and residents fail to continue the redevelopment of the residential building for any reason such as conflicts or litigations.
Addressing a gathering at CREDAI-MCHI’s Redeveloping Mumbai exhibition at Bandra Kurla Complex, Sanjiv Jaiswal, vice president and CEO of MHADA said that the authority has so far issued 850 notices under Section 79 (A) and another 300 under Section 79 (B) and 70-80 under Section 91 (A), after the amendment, as per a report by The Hindustan Times.
Conditions for action by MHADA
According to Section 79 (A) of the Act, MHADA can notify the owner or landlord of cessed building to submit a redevelopment proposal with 51 per cent consent under six months. If the owner or landlord fails to do so under Section 79 (B), the occupants or tenants can submit a proposal within six months for redevelopment. Section 91 (A) addresses incomplete, delayed, or non-starter redevelopment projects that have not progressed within three years of receiving the NOC.
More than 14,000 cessed buildings in South Mumbai
According to the report, there are more than 14,000 cessed buildings in South Mumbai and over 13,000 of them still need to be redeveloped. Nearly 4,000 buildings have received No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for redevelopment. The state government has been promoting the redevelopment in clusters over individual redevelopment projects, particularly in South Mumbai.
Jaiswal also emphasized the importance of the real estate industry not disrupting the project by providing greater incentives to residents than the developers who are already involved. There have been instances where housing societies have signed up with a developer offering more carpet area and corpus fund, which has caused conflict with the existing developer and led to legal disputes. This has resulted in further delays and hardship for the residents.
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