Mumbai’s infra projects may face tenement hurdle

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s upcoming infrastructure projects are likely to face hurdles in the future owing to a shortage of tenements to house those

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s upcoming infrastructure projects are likely to face hurdles in the future owing to a shortage of tenements to house those displaced by the projects. Although there are a few tenements in Chembur, the authority currently needs more than 5000 tenements.

The administration is demolishing encroachment structures along the Tanspa pipeline and rehabilitating people to their units for Project Affected People (PAP) at Mahul in Chembur. (FILE)

The administration is demolishing encroachment structures along the Tanspa pipeline and rehabilitating people to their units for Project Affected People (PAP) at Mahul in Chembur.

A senior civic official said the total number of PAP units constructed at Mahul were nearly 16,000, of 12,000 have been given out. “There are around 4,500 units left at Mahul village in Chembur. PAP units received from other projects of Slum Rehabilitation Authority under Development Control Regulations (DCR) are not more than 300. We may temporarily face shortage, but that would not delay projects as there are several units that are yet to be handed over,” he said.

Under DCR 33 (11), developers hand over some tenements to the civic body for free and get additional transfer development rights (TDR) in return.

The BMC is also turning to the suburbs to generate more units, but the proposal is in the planning stage.

Another senior civic official said the civic body was to get 1,000 PAP tenements from SRA projects, of which they have received a mere 10% so far.

He said, “The slum authority is unwilling to share the tenements as they have stated they require more houses. They said after the government cleared a bill to regularise pre-2000 slums, the requirement for tenements has increased, as the number of slum dwellers that need to be rehabilitated has gone up.”