Chief minister (CM) Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed officials to expedite the rehabilitation of slum-dwellers around the Mithi riverfront on the Mumbai airport land.
The meeting held at CM’s official residence Varsha, was attended by the officials from the housing department, slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) and urban development. Thackeray directed the officials to finish the process of rehabilitating the slum dwellers who are ineligible for rehabilitation, as per the 1995 Slum Regularisation Rules, under the 2011 rule of the state government. A speedier rehabilitation of the slum-dwellers will give a boost to the long-delayed expansion plan of the Mumbai airport.
Slum-dwellers at Kranti Nagar and Sandesh Nagar in Kurla on the Mithi riverfront should be rehabilitated on priority, CM Thackeray said, according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). “Those slum-dwellers, who are ineligible for rehabilitation as per the 1995 rules, must be made eligible under the 2011 rules. The rehabilitation of the slum-dwellers must be completed in a time-bound manner,” Thackeray said.
