From 160 Sq Ft To Sky-Rise: Over 500 Mumbai Chawl Families Get New Redeveloped Flats
Devendra Fadnavis inaugurates Worli BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project, providing 556 families with new high-rise apartments.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday inaugurated the first phase of the Worli BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project as 556 families got possession of their 500-sq ft high-rise apartments. The key distribution ceremony took place in Mumbai in the presence of CM Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and other ministers and top officers.
The phase of Worli BDD Chawl Redevelopment Project, carried out by Tata Housing in partnership with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), includes two completed towers of 40 floors each. The first phase covers residents from D and E wings of Building No. 01. Currently, 9,689 residents from 121 old chawls in Worli are set to be rehabilitated, with 65 per cent of the total land earmarked for this purpose, as per the report by India Today.
The Bombay Development Department (BDD) chawl redevelopment — covering Worli, Naigaum in Dadar, and NM Joshi Marg — will transform the dilapidated structures into a modern urban habitat with 33 high-rise towers of 40 floors each. Once complete, 15,593 families will move from 160-sq ft homes to 500-sq ft apartments.
The project, estimated at over Rs 17,000 crore, will create a self-contained township with facilities such as a commercial complex, schools, hospitals, gyms, hostels, and sustainable infrastructure including sewage treatment plants, solar energy systems and rainwater harvesting. MHADA will maintain the rehabilitated buildings for the next 12 years.
Some historical sites within the BDD areas such as Jamboree Maidan and Ambedkar Maidan, will not be touched, but one of the original chawl buildings will be left intact and turned into a museum to preserve the heritage of BDD chawls that were built during the British era.
The Bombay Development Department was set up by Sir George Lloyd, then Governor of Bombay Province, to tackle housing shortages amid rapid industrial growth. In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi spent a night with the Mehtar Samaj (sweepers) here. Dr BR Ambedkar, architect of the Indian Constitution, was also a frequent visitor.
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