First SRA project in Andheri receives bidder after several extensions to deadline

According to an executive engineer, it was only after three extensions to the SRA project ‘Om Namo Sujalam Sufalam’ society at Kolekalyan village in Andheri that they eventually found a bidder this week. The engineer did not name the bidder as technical and financial scrutiny of the bidder was underway. The engineer said, “This is a pilot project. Once it succeeds, the face of the SRA scheme will change.”

The ‘Om Namo Sujalam Sufalam’ society has 867 tenants. Of these, 128 tenants have been temporarily rehabilitated while the rest are still on the plot. The society has an area of 21,882 sq m, of which nearly 6,500 sq m is under coastal regulation zone, while 15,500 sq m is regular land. The developer will get incentives like floor space index.

Deepak Kapoor, chief executive officer, SRA, said the execution by the SRA will help in completion of the project with a set deadline. Issues of tenants will be fewer when they know that the authority was handling the project, Kapoor added.

He also said, “The contract will go to a developer who is financially stable and can execute the project.” Earlier, the SRA schemes were executed by private developers where society members hired the developer and the SRA only gave a no-objection certificate for the work and a letter of intimation.