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With just days left, SRA appeals to slum residents on central and state government land to participate in the free biometric survey before the December 31, 2025 deadline.

Dec 31 Deadline Looms for Mumbai’s Massive Slum Mapping: SRA Calls for Urgent Participation

With just days left, SRA appeals to slum residents on central and state government land to participate in the free biometric survey before the December 31, 2025 deadline.
Dharavi, Asia's largest slum

In Dharavi Redevelopment: Undecided Doesn’t Mean Ineligible

In the latest update on Mumbai’s Dharavi Redevelopment Project, only 2% of surveyed tenements are ineligible, with 57% secured for housing and 30.6% pending verification. Tracing back to failed 2000s tenders, the current Adani-led effort includes a four-tier appeal system to address disputes, aiming for 125,000 homes in the world’s largest urban renewal initiative.
SRA has officially stated that no policy exists to rehabilitate first-floor residents of pre-1976 authorized chawls, meaning no redevelopment or surveys have been conducted so far. The clarification responds to queries raised by former MP Gopal Shetty and highlights a major policy gap in Mumbai’s housing system.

Maharashtra Govt Escalates Pressure on SRA: ‘Immediate Action’ Ordered on Chawl First-Floor Regularisation Ahead of BMC Polls

In a sharp November 2025 letter, the Maharashtra government has ordered the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to immediately regularise first-floor tenements in old Mumbai chawls and start issuing rehab flats to long-excluded families. With BMC elections approaching, the Mahayuti alliance is pushing hard to settle a decades-old grievance of lakhs of chawl residents before they go to the polls. Residents and political leaders have welcomed the move, calling it a “historic correction of injustice”.
A Nature study finds flooding and rainfall cause nearly 8% of monsoon deaths in Mumbai — mostly among slum residents. Experts warn that without urgent investment in resilient housing and slum rehabilitation, the city’s death toll could rise 20% as climate change worsens.

Mumbai Floods Kill More Than Cancer: New Study Warns of Deadly Inequality and Calls for a Slum-Free Future

A Nature study finds flooding and rainfall cause nearly 8% of monsoon deaths in Mumbai — mostly among slum residents. Experts warn that without urgent investment in resilient housing and slum rehabilitation, the city’s death toll could rise 20% as climate change worsens.
Mumbai recorded 12,070 property registrations in September 2025, marking a 32% YoY rise and the best September since 2013. Stamp duty revenues grew 47% YoY to ₹1,292 crore, boosted by festive demand and strong buyer confidence in suburban markets.

ALL IN THE NAME OF POOR! The Detrimental Impact of DCR 33(11)

It’s a matter of great concern for all Mumbaites that successive governments have shown little interest in resolving the burning issue of housing, including the recent phenomenon of private property redevelopment. This article exposes how new DC regulations, particularly DCR 33(11), are ironically worsening the city’s housing crisis in the name of the poor.