By Varun Singh

Finally the government of Maharashtra has shown some spine.

The government recently came out with a government resolution which talks about BDD chawl Redevelopment.

The GR dated October 14, has spoken exhaustively about disputed properties in the chawls of BDD.

There are many disputed properties where the original tenant of the tenement in BDD chawl had died and the legal heirs where in dispute.

According to the GR, MHADA had raised this issue several times after which the government had to take a decision.

There is a fight on several properties between the legal heirs post the demise of the original tenant.

The GR states that in most cases the legal heirs that are disputing do not cooperate because of which transferring the property in one person’s name becomes an issue.

The government of Maharashtra has undertaken the redevelopment of BDD chawl across three important locations in Mumbai city.

These locations are Naigaon, NM Joshi Marg, and Worli.

Private corporate contractors have been appointed for the redevelopment of these BDD chawl.

Paying heed to the demand of Mhada the government has now clearly stated that the disputed property will be transferred in the name of the director of BDD.

This transfer will be till the time the dispute is settled and a clear legal heir is declared for the property in dispute.

While the property in dispute is being transferred in the name of director, BDD the names of the original tenant and the legal heirs shall be mentioned too.

This will mean that till the time the property dispute isn’t settled the legal heirs will not be able to occupy the disputed property.

Square feat India’s take:
This decision is a welcome step when it comes to redevelopment projects this should be implemented in other projects too, as property disputes issue delays the property redevelopment. This will make the disputing parties come together and solve the issues at the earliest and will enable the redevelopment.

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By Varun Singh

MHADA’s troubles in regards to redevelopment of Naigaon BDD Chawl has increased further.

The ambitious project has been in controversy since, the news of L&T opting out of the project broke in August.

Also Read: Has L&T Pulled Out Of Naigaon BDD Redevelopment?

At Naigaon BDD there are a total of 42 Chawls, comprising of a total 9869 tenants. The funds required for the redevelopment is Rs 2,800 crore +.

According to officials in MHADA, Naigaon BDD project has been discussed at length. At the same time, several discussions to convince L&T to continue with the project took place.

But it appears several round of meetings have yielded no result and now MHADA is aiming at writing to the empowered state committee.

People close to the development say that MHADA shall soon write to the state government to tell them that talks with L&T hasn’t given them the expected results.

“The letter will be on the lines that fresh tenders for Naigaon BDD chawl redevelopment be floated so that the project moves ahead.”

A Source close to the development

When contacted Anil Diggikar, Vice President and CEO, MHADA he said the letter hasn’t yet been written but said yes when asked whether a letter on these lines is being written.

The fate of Naigaon BDD matches with that of Dharavi to a large extent. Dharavi Redevelopment has seen three tenders but nothing much happened.

Recently the state cabinet cancelled the tender for Dharavi that was floated by the Devendra Fadnavis led government in 2018.

Also Read: Dharavi Redevelopment Tender Cancelled

MHADA in August as per reports received a letter from construction giant L&T expressing their desire to discontinue with Naigaon BDD redevelopment.

Post which there were several meetings held with the construction company, but things didn’t work out.

It is believed that L&T is unhappy that in spite of it receiving the contract three years ago, the work wasn’t moving ahead.

As per the work order issued by MHADA on April 17, 2017, L&T had made a security deposit towards performance security via bank guarantees worth Rs 145.14 crore.

During the Devendra Fadnavis government, tenders were floated for all the three BDD chawl redevelopment. These are NM Joshi, Worli and Naigaon.

All this will delay the dreams of tenants wanting to move into a spacious apartments, from their compact ones right now.

Each tenant post redevelopment is to get a 2 BHK apartment measuring 500 sq ft in lieu of the current one room that they reside in.

The redeveloped apartments will have two bathrooms, while currently they share common bathroom located at every floor.

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By Varun Singh

The fate of redevelopment of BDD chawl at Naigaon now lies in the hands of state government.

According to officials from MHADA, L&T seems to be firm on its decision to not proceed with the BDD chawl redevelopment at Naigaon.

At Naigaon, BDD there are a total of 42 Chawls, comprising of a total 9869 tenants. The funds required for the redevelopment is Rs 2,800 crore +.

MHADA in August as per reports received a letter from construction giant L&T expressing their desire to discontinue with Naigaon BDD redevelopment.

Post which there were several meetings held with the construction company, but things didn’t work out.

When asked Yogesh Mhase, Chief Officer, Mumbai Board, MHADA what was the next step as L&T has decided to no proceed, he said, “Will have to go to Government.”

“We will have to go to government.”

Yogesh Mhase, Chief Officer, MHADA’s Mumbai Board.

It is believed that L&T is unhappy that in spite of it receiving the contract three years ago, the work wasn’t moving ahead.

As per the work order issued by MHADA on April 17, 2017, L&T had made a security deposit towards performance security via bank guarantees worth Rs 145.14 crore.

During the Devendra Fadanvis led government, the tenders were floated for all the three BDD chawl redevelopment. These are NM Joshi, Worli and Naigaon.

This move will delay the dreams of tenants wanting to move into a spacious apartments, from their compact ones right now.

Each tenant post redevelopment is to get a 2 BHK apartment measuring 500 sq ft in lieu of the current one room that they reside in.

The redeveloped apartments will have two bathrooms, while currently they share common bathroom located at every floor. 

A detailed email sent to L&T seeking their comment got us no response.

If government fails to convince L&T, the process of BDD chawl redevelopment at this site will further delay.

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