After a rising demand from activists and citizens, the BMC has amended its ‘water for all’ policy, and will provide one tap connection for a group of five families instead of 15 as proposed earlier. This, however, would mean three times more connections
The announcement on Monday was made by state environment minister and guardian minister Aaditya Thackeray. He said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will himself announce the mega policy on May 1.
Most slum clusters on central and state govt and BMC land
MUMBAI: One out of every eight slumdwellers who has been given a free flat under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme (SRS) has sold the place and moved out, found the SRA so far in its survey being carried out on Bombay HC’s orders. Of the 86,429 tenements surveyed, 10,983 were found to be occupied by unauthorised occupants.
The survey to identify unauthorised occupants has been ongoing over 5 years. A PIL was also filed in HC in 2019 as the issue pertains to “eligible” slum dwellers who have been given flats in the redeveloped SRA buildings, free of cost. According to SRA rules, they cannot transfer (sell) or create third-party rights for at least 10 years.