Hindustan Times Media Marketing Initiative ers and a staff of 400 for SPPL is underway. They have been direct- HOUSING FOR ALL WILL BE ACHIEVED IN ed to verify the eligibility of all 12 lakh slum families within the next six months. Each hutment will be entered into an annexure, which MAHARASHTRA BY 2022 will result in preparing a Master n an interview to veteran journal- “We are confident that Maharashtra will achieve Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of List and create a credible data ist Dilip Chaware for this Special base which can be useful for all fu- Supplement, Shri Mehta outlined Housing for All by the year 2022,” according to Housing Minister, SHRI PRAKASH MEHTA ture purposes. This will cover the his mega plan for providing shel- ous agencies including MHADA, implemented, we will be able to slums which have come up to the Iter to all people in Maharashtra, SRA and MMRDA, who are direc- obtain at least one lakh units for year 2000. with special emphasis on the Mum- tors of SPPL, have been asked to public distribution. I have here in What about the slums which bai Metropolitan Region (MMR). ensure that no problems arise in my possession written offers to this are created after 2000? Will Shri Mehta is confident that implementing its various schemes. effect. All we have to do is to speed these people be also covered in Raigad district, adjoining Mumbai, Now, SPPL has received written up these schemes. the Housing for All plan? is emerging as the Most Favoured offers from leading private housing Most certainly. The difference Investment Destination in the agencies, pledging investments of 24x7 Control Room will be that they will be allotted country and is already planning to several hundred crores of rupees. for cessed buildings tenements on a rental basis for a meet its future demands. Shri Me- 15-year period at the end of which, Thus, there will not be any capital 23517423 and 23536945 hta is Guardian Minister for Raigad crunch for its working in the future. they can own them by paying a district, in addition to his responsi- nominal amount. This is feasible I am happy to know that The Hindustan Major projects will not be held up But how will you make the en- bility as Labour and Mines Minister for want of funding henceforth. tire process faster? and can be achieved by show- Times is coming up with a Special Supplement of Maharashtra. thorities. Working of all of them will You foresee emphasis on We have devised a system ing determination, in other words, be coordinated in such a manner on ‘MHADA – Affordable Housing for All’ Mumbai and MMR for housing whereby such schemes with public exercising political will. We are Excerpts from the interview :-- as to achieve the vision through lakhs of people. What would have purpose can be submitted to the busy formulating provisions for the on the occasion of Independence day, 2015. collective efforts. to be done to make it a reality? Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). All scheme. The target for Maharashtra to Construction of the units will As far as Mumbai itself is con- clearances will be issued through It is most heartening that de- Maharashtra Government has a vision of fulfil the vision of the Hon Prime be done through a PPP model, cerned, we will have to look at the CMO within a specified dead- velopers are coming forward to re- on government lands and with the providing housing for all. Affordable housing Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, of salt pan lands and No Develop- line. This will spare the develop- spond to our efforts. Housing for All, will require creation involvement of different sections ment Zones through a different ers from running from pillar to post Will you make any special is our priority. I hope that the articles and of 20 lakh units, out of which about engaged in housing activity. At pre- perspective. According to my in- and spending money on obtaining plans for Mumbai? sent, there are several schemes interviews published in this Supplement will be 11 lakh will be in the MMR while formation, Mumbai at present has various permissions. Our condi- Mumbai has 104 MHADA lay- the remaining 9 lakh will be all over for Housing the Poor. They will be a slum population of about 60 tion will be that they should give us outs. Some of them are being useful for every one. Maharashtra. Needless to say, amalgamated so that a unified plan lakh, which means nearly 12 lakh units for Affordable Housing free of redeveloped through private par- these will be Affordable Houses. is created and implemented in a families (each having average 5 charge. I am happy to say that the ticipation but many are still await- I extend my best wishes for this Special Within the overall framework of the time bound manner. members) will need rehabilitation. response being received is unbe- ing such redevelopment. We have Supplement. mega plan for all of Maharashtra, it What is the status of the Shivs- I have also discovered that about lievable. decided that MHADA will take the will be our effort to construct afford- hah iPunarvasan Prakalp Limited 200 SRA schemes have been lan- Eligibility of the slumdwellers initiative for such layouts. If there able units for each needy eligible (SPPL), which was set up to pro- guishing since they were not pur- to join various public housing is a financial requirement, SPPL family. They will be self-contained vide housing for the poor? sued. Moreover, there are half a schemes is a big problem. How will step in. We are looking forward structures. As soon as I took over, the dozen private developers each of will you tackle it? to securing about two lakh units DEVENDRA FADNAVIS The Housing Department under SPPL was revived with equity of whom has submitted 15 to 20 SRA Recruitment of a sufficient num- through this way. me has various agencies and au- Rs.700 crore. Chief officers of vari- schemes. If all these schemes are ber of Deputy Collector-level offic- (Continued on Page 4) How will you provide Affordable the GIS Biometric Survey methods for Housing for All? this purpose so that eligibility of all slum- We have started implementing AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BALASAHEB’S DREAM dwellers is verified. It is also decided this programme with full commit- SRA will take up the task of measur- that in cases of unauthorized transfer ment. Shiv Sena Supremo, the late Says Shri Ravindra Waikar, Minister of State for Housing ing slum clusters and the areas outside of units prior to 2015, a policy will be Balasaheb Thackeray, had declared them through ETS/GPS technology in formulated for reallotment of the units that every slumdweller in Mumbai will has issued orders to transfer Rs.500 appoint a developer or SPPL for imple- Mumbai. If necessary, private firms will to actual occupiers. Subsequently, the be provided with a house with good crore from the SRA funds for the Shivs- menting the rehabilitation scheme. be involved in this process. In this way, previous owner of the dwelling will be amenities. The present programme is hahi Punarvasan Prakalp, which was Mumbai has very large slum popu- comprehensive latest GIS mapping will disqualified for allotment of a new unit. an extension of Balasaheb’s pledge. mooted by Balasaheb. lation. What steps are mooted for de- be done for DPs and land records. This What is your message for the We are working with full coordination What are the highlights of your ciding eligibility of the slumdwellers? will enable the Government to introduce people of Maharashtra? in this direction under the guidance of initiative? The eligibility determination proce- micro town planning and to accelerate The Maharashtra Government is Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena All holders of private lands having dure is being made transparent, simpler rehabilitation schemes. committed to provide Housing for All at Paksh Pramukh. slums will be reqested to submit reha- and faster. Similarly, developers will be Under the Maharashtra Slum Act, Affordable rates. It is being proposed What is the latest initiative for this? bilitation schemes on a priority basis appointed for such schemes through se- 1971, a Master Plan will be prepared to do this through SRA schemes. The We have right now concentrated within three months. If no scheme is cret ballot. This amendment will certainly vide Section 3-K for the schemes al- Authority has been asked to reorient its on the Mumbai Metropolitan Region received on a private land under slums, speed up the process and rehabilitation ready sanctioned. working for achieving this objective. (MMR) since the demand is most acute such land will be acquired as per law. projects will be completed soon. How will the eligibility process The Shiv Sena has decided to en- in and around Mumbai. For Affordable For the government and semi-govern- will be permitted for filing rehabilitation Any plans for cluster develop- become secure? sure that every family in Maharashtra is Housing, the Maharashtra Government ment lands under slums, six months schemes. If they fail to do this, SRA will ment in Mumbai? We have asked SRA to make use of provided with decent accommodation. AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL AND CONNECTIVITY TO COMBINE he Maharashtra Housing and since it has been constructing Area Development Authority larger tenements more and smaller (MHADA) is poised for cre- tenements less? Is this general im- ating a huge housing stock pression factual? If not, what is the Tacross the State. It will participate pro- real situation? actively in the Prime Minister’s vision As per a Government Resolution to fulfill his dream of ‘Housing for All’ (GR), out of all the housing categories by 2022.