According to the Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad, people can now sell their huts or houses five years after they are demolished for redevelopment by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). Earlier, the owners had to wait for 10 years after the construction of buildings.
On Friday, November 5, Awhad, while speaking to reporters mentioned that people can sell their house with the permission of the SRA and not wait for the construction of the building to be completed.
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Earlier, people could sell their tenement only 10 years after the building was completed, and now they can do so within five years after demolition with the SRA's permission, he added.
The minister said that a committee headed by him had taken the decision, which has received a nod from NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
The minister further stated that the Maharashtra housing department has also decided that tenements admeasuring 300 sq ft will be priced at INR 2.5 lakhs for eligible slum dwellers and people who had resided in slums between 2000-11.
Meanwhile, in a cabinet meeting chaired by Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray few months ago, the ministers decided to set up an independent Slum Rehabilitation Authority for eight Municipal Corporations and seven Municipalities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) which excludes the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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