MHADA To Get 200 More Tenements
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has said that it is expecting to get a total built-up space of 70,000 sq.ft from developers who are redeveloping old and dilapidated buildings in the island city of Mumbai by the year-end.
The chief officer of MHADA stated that the development body was yet to receive about 200 developed tenements from over 30 developers who were supposed to surrender these flats by the end of this year. In the last one year, MHADA has taken possession of more than 270 apartments from various developers. The development authority has a master list of families and these flats will be handed over to these families.
The families eligible for the redeveloped tenements are the families living in old and dilapidated buildings. The size of these flats range between 250-750 sq.ft.
MHADA yet to retrieve penalties
According to MHADA’s chief officer, it is also yet to receive a penalty of around Rs. 25 crore from several developers. According to MHADA’s rules, part of the built-up area of redeveloped houses must be handed over to MHADA. The authority was to receive a total of 1.5 lakh sq.ft from the developers according to rules which they hadn’t. Hence, MHADA had filed cases against these developers. MHADA is yet to receive the pending build-up area and penalties from these developers.
What MHADA’s rules say?
Under the Development Control Regulations (DCR) provision 33(7) and MHADA’s redevelopment scheme, builders who take up redevelopment work must surrender a portion of the built-up area to the development authority. They should also first re-house the existing tenants in the new tenements free of cost. The area of these flats must be a minimum of 300 sq.ft. After rehousing existing tenants and surrendering MHADA’s portion, the builder can construct high-end flats in the remaining portion of land and sell them in open market.
