MHADA sends notices to cess buildings that are in a dangerous condition
MBRRB has also sent show cause notices to 67 other projects that have obtained No Objection Certificate (NOC) in the past 10 years for carrying out redevelopment
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The board has asked landlords /owners of such buildings to submit proposals of redevelopment within six months of issuance of these notices. (Express Photo) The Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MBRRB) has started sending notices to cess buildings in South Mumbai, which are in dangerous condition or are beyond repair. MBRRB is an undertaking of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).
The board has asked landlords /owners of such buildings to submit proposals of redevelopment within six months of issuance of these notices. Failing which, the board will ask the tenants and occupants of the proposed co-operative housing society to submit the proposal for redevelopment.
Cessed properties are those, in which the tenants pay a tax to the housing authority, MBRRB. This tax is used for repairing such buildings. In South Mumbai MBRRB is the custodian of cess buildings. There are over 13,000 cess buildings in South Mumbai.
Arun Dongare, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MBRRB said since June they have started sending such notices through their ward offices. “This is being done so as to obtain proposals from such cess buildings which otherwise remain untouched despite the structure identified as dangerous.”
The cess buildings were constructed prior to 1940. Of these many are dilapidated. The ones which are in extremely poor condition are declared C1 and unfit for human habitation, the structure is vacated.
Eviction is an annual exercise done before the onset of monsoon. This year 15 cess buildings, seven from previous year’s list, were declared C1 by MBRRB.
MBRRB has also sent show cause notices to 67 other projects that have obtained No Objection Certificate (NOC) in the past 10 years for carrying out redevelopment but have not completed construction or even begun it since the old structure has been demolished.
Dongare said, “The board is in process of acquiring these projects but prior to that, show cause notices have been issued to the parties asking why MBRRB should not acquire these projects despite construction being delayed.”
Several tenants of these projects are without homes, so the board is taking up these projects on priority as per the official.
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