The Maharashtra government has given a nod to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to work out four alternate methods to kickstart the stalled slum projects.
In a meeting headed by the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the SRA was directed to take stringent methods to ensure that the stalled projects get rolling. This will give a boost to the slum revamp schemes.
The four step process include:
Reportedly, there are about 225-250 SRA schemes in Mumbai which are currently languishing due to various factors like monetary issues, lack of consent from the slum dwellers as well as compliance issues.
In most cases, the slum dwellers have vacated their houses and are sufferings as the builders have not given them their promised monthly rents.
There are 12.50 lakh slums with 62 lakh residents staying in them. The SRA scheme, which was started in 1996, has been moving at a snail’s pace as it faced with problems like corruption, infighting as well as regulatory problems.