MHADA to provide ₹20,000 monthly rent for residents of 96 dangerous cessed buildings
NEW DELHI: The
Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board
, a unit of
MHADA
, has declared 96 cess buildings as the most dangerous during its pre-monsoon survey for the year.
Sanjeev Jaiswal, vice president and chief executive officer, MHADA, that tenants and residents of these buildings who independently arrange for alternate accommodation, will be provided monthly rent of ₹20,000 by the board.
Jaiswal has also instructed the board to issue a public advertisement for leasing 400 transit tenements, each measuring between 180 and 250 sq ft for a period of three years. These units will be provided on a rental basis for accommodating the affected tenants and residents of the 96 most dangerous buildings.
The 96 buildings declared as highly dangerous are currently home to approximately 2,400 tenants and residents. At present, the board has only 786 transit tenements available, making it unfeasible to accommodate all affected persons within its existing facilities.
It has also been decided that all expenses incurred under both provisions, monthly rent and the lease of transit units through external agencies, including maintenance, will be recoverable from the private developers or cooperative housing societies undertaking redevelopment of the concerned properties.
As on date, there are 13,091 cess buildings in the island city of
Mumbai
. The board currently manages 20,591 transit tenements. These units are utilised to provide temporary accommodation for tenants and residents evacuated from buildings due to structural repairs, collapse, redevelopment constraints due to narrow plots, or demolition linked to road widening. Eligible tenants from such categories are provided shelter in these transit facilities until permanent rehabilitation is arranged.
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