HT-Shinde government to give 125 acres of Deonar land to Dharavi redevelopment project
The state cabinet on Monday decided to give 125 acres of land from the Deonar dumping ground for rental housing for those declared ineligible for free housing in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP). So far, the government has granted 255 acres of salt pan lands at Kanjurmarg and Mulund, 140 acres of land at Madh island and 21.25 acres of Kurla Dairy land for the rental housing project. With the Deonar dumping ground plot, the amount of land given over to the Adani-led DRP amounts to 541.25 acres.
Revenue minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil corroborated to HT that DRP Pvt Ltd had asked for the land, and it had been granted by the state. Hindustan Times had first reported on the state’s plan on September 14.
