State approves allocation of land for new high court complex in Bandra (East)
Mumbai: Removal of the state govt staff quarters in Bandra (East) along with the shifting and relocation of all reservations and internal roads has been accomplished to make way for the integrated high court building complex and residential quarters.
Slum relocation began in April with the Gautam Nagar slum.
On Tuesday, the state cabinet approved a proposal to allocate 30.2 acres of the 90-acre Bandra govt colony for the high court. The integrated complex is estimated to cost Rs 2,625 crore.
At a high-level meeting of the steering committee of judges and senior bureaucrats, including the chief secretary and principal secretary of the urban development department, in Oct, officials decided to initiate the process of changing the reservation of 30.2 acres for the new high court complex.
The state chief architect prepared a plan to reserve land for the complex without removing reservations such as playgrounds or gardens.
Instead, these were shifted within the Bandra govt colony layout, and the road network was planned according to the complex's requirements and the surrounding road network.
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The urban development department has invited objections and suggestions from the public regarding the proposed change in the 90-acre Bandra govt colony layout and the reservation of 30.2 acres for the new high court complex.
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The PWD began constructing staff quarters on the remaining govt colony plot. Officials stated that two 22-storey structures have been completed, and another two will be ready by early next year.
In April, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority relocated 138 tenements of the Gautam Nagar slum settled on this land to a slum rehabilitation building at Kherwadi in Bandra (East). The Samata Nagar slums will be relocated next.
The cabinet approved a proposal to waive the cost of 254 rehabilitation flats amounting to Rs 31.75 crore. The rehabilitation flats are located in Malad (East) and Kandivli.
The high court directed that the 30.2 acres be transferred in six phases. The first two phases, comprising 9.6 acres, have already been transferred. The third phase, covering 4.1 acres, includes the Gautam Nagar and Samta Nagar slums.
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