Makrand Tasgaonkar, resident of a BDD chawl, Worli said that the Maharashtra government was arbitrarily undertaking redevelopment of the BDD chawls. “It has neither taken consent of residents, nor has made any agreement.
The Rs 16,000 crore redevelopment of Bombay Development Department (BDD) chawls project is in trouble. Residents of the chawl had opposed the government decision to redevelop the project, alleging that the government forcibly relocated them without drawing up any proper agreement with the residents.
Makrand Tasgaonkar, resident of a BDD chawl, Worli said that the Maharashtra government was arbitrarily undertaking redevelopment of the BDD chawls. “It has neither taken consent of residents, nor has made any agreement.
More than 70 per cent of people who are not owners, are paying rent to the government. These residents are thrown out from the process of redevelopment,” said Tasgaonkar.
“We had no guarantee that the government will give the houses after redevelopment. Why are the normal redevelopment rules not applied here? We met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, NCP President Sharad Pawar and Dhananjay Munde, Opposition leader in the Upper House. The government should stop this process of redevelopment,” a resident said.
Dhananjay Munde, NCP leader said that the state government cannot trample on the rights of the BDD chawl residents. “Residents have to be taken into confidence and only then can the redevelopment process be started. I have also written to the chief minister asking him to relax the terms and conditions for allotment of the flats in the project,” Munde said.
“The tendering process of the BDD redevelopment has also not been done properly. How did only two companies participate in the tender process and how was work allotted only to them. There is ambiguity over applications of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act rules for the BDD redevelopment. The government should immediately drop all stringent terms and conditions so that as many residents of BDD chawl will get the benefit of this redevelopment,” stated Munde’s letter.
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