Mumbai: MHADA cuts RR charges for additional area for tenants of old cessed buildings
NEW DELHI: Eligible original tenants and residents listed in the
Mumbai
Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board's (MBRRB) master list will now be charged only 100% of the ready reckoner rate, instead of the earlier 110%, for the additional area allotted beyond the permissible or original area of their old residential units, said
Sanjeev Jaiswal
, vice president and CEO of
MHADA
.
This relief will be applied retrospectively to beneficiaries declared eligible in the December 2023 lottery. Jaiswal has directed that a new policy framework be finalized by April 28, 2025.
Jaiswal said, "In many old and dangerous buildings, only the upper floors are demolished, leaving ground floor tenants in uncertainty. These residents were not previously regarded as eligible. We are going to change that; tenants on the ground floor will now be listed on the Master List and will also get the compensation they are due."
MHADA is currently conducting a biometric survey of transit camp residents in order to categorize them into Categories A, B, and C in accordance with the Government Resolution dated September 13, 2019.
MHADA CEO ordered that residents of Category A, whose original building cannot be rebuilt, be given preference when it comes to being added to the Master List. Furthermore, he directed that if the redevelopment of dangerous cessed buildings is stalled, tenants/residents should be offered the option to be added to the master list. This includes those living in buildings acquired by MHADA post-Notice under Section 91(A).
Jaiswal also instructed the concerned departments to hold a new lottery within six months to determine eligibility and allot permanent homes to 100 tenants/residents from old cessed buildings.
The December 2023 lottery was organised in five categories based on tenement size: 91 tenements of 401–500 sq ft, 28 tenements of 300–316 sq ft, seven tenements of 501–601 sq ft, one tenement of 701–753 sq ft, and 125 tenements of 301–500 sq ft. MHADA will hold a 10-day special camp to issue allotment letters to successful beneficiaries.
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