Maha govt okays houses for slum project-hit people on Mumbai salt pan land

Maharashtra cabinet on Monday approved the utilisation of 255 acres of salt pan land in Mumbai to develop houses for slum rehabilitation project-hit people, assigning the implementation responsibility to Adani group's Dharavi Slum Redevelopment Project. The state government had written to the Centre to transfer the salt pan land in Mumbai on lease. The salt pan land utilisation decision also covers the beneficiaries of affordable housing and similar schemes. The Adani group-controlled Dharavi Redevelopment Project will be responsible for implementing this decision (to develop houses for slum rehabilitation project-affected people), the government stated after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde chaired the cabinet meeting. The 255.9 acres of salt pan land to be acquired include 120.5 acres in mauje Kanjur, 76.9 acres in Kanjur and Bhandup and 58.5 acres in mauje Mulund. According to the government, the additional chief secretary of the state housing department is designated to sign an ..