To speed up the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR),the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has sent letters to 164 MHADA flat owners in Tilak Nagar to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as per consent terms filed before the Bombay High Court. The flat owners are requested to sign the MoU on November 4,5 and 6,2009. The issue of resettlement of the MHADA flat owners has already delayed the project. SCLR,a World Bank funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project,is to be completed before December 2010. We are sure the flat owners will cooperate with us and help set the SCLR project up in fast forward mode only in the interest of this vibrant city of Mumbai,said Mr Ratnakar Gaikwad,Metropolitan Commissioner,MMRDA. In all 260 flat owners from the 13 MHADA buildings are affected by the SCLR project,out of which 96 had already signed MoUs with the MMRDA. However,the remaining 164 aggrieved flat owners had filed a petition in the High Court. The petition was resolved after filing consent terms on October 15 before the High Court,according to which the 164 affected flat owners were expected to sign MoU with MMRDA within 15 days and in turn MMRDA will hand over a DD for Rs 2,64,000 each to the flat owners in the Low Income Group buildings and Rs 3,36,000 each to the flat owners in the Middle Income Group buildings. As per the consent terms,the MMRDA will construct new buildings on another MHADA plot which is adjoining the present one to house all 260 SCLR affected flat owners. As none of the 164 flat owners turned up to sign MoU till October 29,MMRDA has requested the owners to sign MoUs on November 4,5 and 6.
