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Time of India
7 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Mhada will give Rs 20,000 rent to residents of dangerous buildings to shift elsewhere
Mumbai: Mhada will provide a monthly rent of Rs 20,000 to tenants and residents of 96 dangerous buildings who independently arrange for their own alternative accommodation. The housing board will also arrange to lease 400 tenements for them. Mhada had declared these 96 cessed buildings as "extremely dangerous" during its annual pre-monsoon survey. The board has decided that all expenses incurred under monthly rent as well as the lease of transit units through external agencies, including maintenance, will be recoverable from the private developers or cooperative housing societies which are undertaking redevelopment of the concerned properties. This financial liability will be applicable from the date on which rental assistance is granted or transit units are leased. On Tuesday, Sanjeev Jaiswal, vice president and CEO, instructed Mhada's Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board to issue a public advertisement to lease 400 transit tenements, measuring between 180 and 250 sq ft, through external agencies for a period of three years. These units will be rented out to inhabitants of these 96 buildings. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo These buildings currently house 2,400 people. "Given the urgent need to relocate them to safe premises, the Board requires immediate access to temporary housing facilities. At present, it has only 786 transit tenements available, making it unfeasible to accommodate all affected persons," said the Mhada spokesperson. The early onset of monsoon and prospect of higher rainfall has compounded fears. There are 13,091 cessed buildings in the island city. Mhada manages 20,591 transit tenements which are used as temporary accommodation for evacuees due to structural repairs, building collapse, redevelopment constraints due to narrow plots, or demolition linked to road widening.
Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Man dies after car parking lift collapses at residential building in Mumbai's Borivali West
A man died and another suffered injuries after a car parking lift collapsed at a 21-storey residential building in Mumbai's Borivali West area on Saturday, civic officials said. The accident took place around 11 am at the Prathamesh Building, located on Link Road, according to a PTI news agency report, which cited Mumbai Fire Brigade. The car lift fell into a 7-metre-deep pit, trapping two persons. Also Read: One woman dead two days after Mhada cessed building collapse in Byculla The victims, 30-year-old Shubham Madamlal Dhuri and 45-year-old Sunjeet Yadav, were rescued by firefighters and rushed to the nearby BMC-run Shatabdi Hospital. Also Read: Tree falls, landslides and wall collapses | Heavy rain in Mumbai causes widespread damage 'As per the information received from the hospital's attending medical officer, Dhuri was declared 'brought dead'. Yadav, who sustained a head injury, is in a stable condition,' an official said. Further investigation into the incident is underway, they added. In an unrelated case, a 35-year-old woman, Naziya Khan, died from injuries she sustained on when the fifth floor balcony of the Ashraf Manzil building in Byculla West fell on her earlier this week. Also Read: Wall collapse in Mahim, landslide in Malabar Hill, 45 tree falls across the city After the top floor balcony collapsed, the Mumbai Fire Brigade rescued Khan and admitted her to the civic run Nair Hospital. She had multiple injuries, head and chest trauma and was declared dead two days after the incident, on May 30. The fifth-floor balcony of the Aashraf Manzil had collapsed on Wednesday causing debris to pile up on the second floor balcony and the building's compound. Another woman who suffered injuries was also taken to the Nair hospital by locals. She is in a stable condition, officials told HT. The building was under Maharashtra housing and development authority's (MHADA) cessed category, indicating it was old, rent-controlled, and built before 1969.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Malabar Hill neta seeks 5cr to rebuild crashed wall
Mumbai: A day after Mhada began demolishing the decades-old cessed building, Ruby Hill '47', on Walkeshwar Road, where a portion of a retaining wall along it crashed on Monday following intense rainfall, local Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and minister M P Lodha sent a letter to the Mumbai city collector to allot Rs 5 crore from the MLA fund for construction of a retaining wall at Teen Batti. Mhada already got a structural consultant to assess the stability of the portion of the hill that collapsed. The survey by the consultant was done on Tuesday following the incident. The part of the retaining wall that crashed is the route taken to the official residences of the chief minister, deputy chief minister, governor, and municipal commissioner. There was no damage to property and life. Lodha, in his letter to the collector sent on Wednesday, said, "I request you to immediately allot Rs 5 crore for the construction of a retention wall at the earliest so that damage is avoided." Lodha, on Wednesday morning, met tenants of the building who have now been allotted transit camps at Ghodapdeo in Byculla as the building is being demolished. While the tenants have expressed reservations about going to Ghodapdeo, Mhada, however, has insisted that the building has outlived its age and said that there is no option but to demolish the building now. The tenants expressed fear that once they are sent to a transit camp, they would never be brought back again. "We have rent receipts dating back to the 1950s, but as they are keen on displacing us, we fear that this may mean we are never coming back again to this place," said one of the tenants. On Wednesday, mobile antennas put atop other buildings of Ruby Hill were being removed to reduce the weight on the building. Mumbai: A day after Mhada began demolishing the decades-old cessed building, Ruby Hill '47', on Walkeshwar Road, where a portion of a retaining wall along it crashed on Monday following intense rainfall, local Bharatiya Janata Paarty legislator and minister M P Lodha sent a letter to the Mumbai city collector to allot Rs 5 crore for construction of a retaining wall at Teen Batti. Mhada already got a structural consultant to assess the stability of the portion of the hill that collapsed. The survey by the consultant was done on Tuesday following the incident. The part of the retaining wall that crashed is the route taken to the official residences of the chief minister, deputy chief minister, governor, and municipal commissioner. There was no damage to property and life. Lodha, in his letter to the collector sent on Wednesday, said, "I request you to immediately allot Rs 5 crore for the construction of a retention wall at the earliest so that damage is avoided." Lodha, on Wednesday morning, met tenants of the building who have now been allotted transit camps at Ghodapdeo in Byculla as the building is being demolished. While the tenants have expressed reservations about going to Ghodapdeo, Mhada, however, has insisted that the building has outlived its age and said that there is no option but to demolish the building now. The tenants expressed fear that once they are sent to a transit camp, they would never be brought back again. "We have rent receipts dating back to the 1950s, but as they are keen on displacing us, we fear that this may mean we are never coming back again to this place," said one of the tenants. On Wednesday, mobile antennas put atop other buildings of Ruby Hill were being removed to reduce the weight on the building.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
MLA seeks 5cr to build Teen Batti retaining wall
Mumbai: A day after Mhada began demolishing the decades-old cessed building, Ruby Hill '47', on Walkeshwar Road, where a portion of a retaining wall along it crashed on Monday following intense rainfall, local Bharatiya Janata Paarty legislator and minister M P Lodha sent a letter to the Mumbai city collector to allot Rs 5 crore for construction of a retaining wall at Teen Batti. Mhada already got a structural consultant to assess the stability of the portion of the hill that collapsed. The survey by the consultant was done on Tuesday following the incident. The part of the retaining wall that crashed is the route taken to the official residences of the chief minister, deputy chief minister, governor, and municipal commissioner. There was no damage to property and life. Lodha, in his letter to the collector sent on Wednesday, said, "I request you to immediately allot Rs 5 crore for the construction of a retention wall at the earliest so that damage is avoided." Lodha, on Wednesday morning, met tenants of the building who have now been allotted transit camps at Ghodapdeo in Byculla as the building is being demolished. While the tenants have expressed reservations about going to Ghodapdeo, Mhada, however, has insisted that the building has outlived its age and said that there is no option but to demolish the building now. The tenants expressed fear that once they are sent to a transit camp, they would never be brought back again. "We have rent receipts dating back to the 1950s, but as they are keen on displacing us, we fear that this may mean we are never coming back again to this place," said one of the tenants. On Wednesday, mobile antennas put atop other buildings of Ruby Hill were being removed to reduce the weight on the building.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Mhada urges redevelopment of cessed buildings in Mumbai island city
MUMBAI : Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority ( Mhada ) will be writing to landlords and tenant associations of the 13,091 cessed buildings in the island city, urging them to take up the redevelopment of their old and dilapidated buildings at the earliest. The letters will also be pasted on the front of these buildings. Mhada CEO and vice-president Sanjeev Jaiswal has directed officials to create awareness amongst cessed building residents and landlords of the amended rules and to take the initiative to avail themselves of additional floor space index under Regulations 33(7) and 33(9) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR)-2034 and carry out redevelopment. The govt has amended section 79A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (Mhada) Act, 1976. This allows landowners the first opportunity to submit a redevelopment proposal to the Mhada board within six months with the irrevocable consent of 51% of tenants/residents. If the owner fails to submit a proposal, the proposed cooperative housing society of tenants/residents is then given the opportunity to submit a project proposal to the board within six months with the irrevocable consent of 51% of tenants/residents. If no proposal is submitted, the Mhada Mumbai Building Repair and Reconstruction Board can acquire the building and the land beneath it to carry out the redevelopment process. So far Mhada has carried out the structural audit of 555 buildings and the inspection of rest of the buildings will be completed within a year, said officials.
