Dharavi Redevelopment Project: Salt Pan Commissioner to seek nod from ministry to provide land to Dharavi body

An official from the Salt Commissioner’s office, who did not wish to be named said, “The office will write to the ministry with regards to any encumbrance on these land parcels, and if there is any litigation. Then, a survey will be conducted based on the reply.”

The DRP authority will be required to pay for the salt pan land, as per its market value. The authority has asked to lease the land for 99 years for the affordable rental housing scheme.

The DRP authority said that approximately 3.5 – 4 lakh people, who are ineligible as they live on mezzanine and upper floors in the slums structures, will be given rental housing. It is expected that approximately 50,000 such families will be given affordable housing, and 1.5 lakh individuals, who are migrants, will be given affordable shared rental accommodation. The State Urban Development Department had earlier directed the DRP authority to get requisite permission for the said housing scheme. The rental houses will be constructed as per the Development Control and Promotions Regulation-2034.

Meanwhile, the DRP has completed the tendering process for Dharavi, which is Asia’s biggest slum cluster, in November last year, wherein Adani Realty, which quoted Rs 5,069 crore for the project, was the winning bidder. However, the state government is yet to approve the winning bidder so as to clear the path to allot the Letter of Intent (LOI).