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Mhada pre-monsoon survey names 16 unsafe cessed bldgs
Mumbai: A pre-monsoon survey conducted by the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada
) this year has found 16 cessed buildings to be in a dilapidated, dangerous condition. In 2012, there were only 12 such buildings.
Of these 16 buildings, nine featured on last year's pre-monsoon list of dilapidated cessed buildings, too .
The Esplanade building and the C and D wings of the Botawala chawl have featured on the list of cessed buildings for the last five years.
Esplanade Mansion is a heritage structure in a decrepit state due to lack of repairs. In 2005, a portion of the building had crashed, killing one.
Recently, the state government had issued a letter of intent for the cluster redevelopment of the century-old Botawala chawl in Mazgaon. The chawl is a cluster of six two-storey buildings spread over 4,721 sqm and houses 423 tenants.
Mhada chairman Prasa Lal has written to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan requesting the use of special powers to evict the 683 tenants from the 16 unsafe buildings. "There is no point in the exercise if people do not heed the notice. The government should permit us to use special powers to forcibly evict the tenants," said Lal in his letter.
Officials of the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board said of the 683 tenants living in these 16 buildings, 144 have relocated to transit camps and eviction notices will be sent again to the remaining tenants from May 22.
Mohan Thombre, chief officer of the board, said, "The tenants should be concerned about their lives and relocate to transit camps. It is the only safeguard against collapses we can offer."
A recent study by the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit has revealed that merely 8% of the 16,000-odd cessed buildings in the city have been redeveloped since 1999.
) this year has found 16 cessed buildings to be in a dilapidated, dangerous condition. In 2012, there were only 12 such buildings. Of these 16 buildings, nine featured on last year's pre-monsoon list of dilapidated cessed buildings, too .
The Esplanade building and the C and D wings of the Botawala chawl have featured on the list of cessed buildings for the last five years.
Esplanade Mansion is a heritage structure in a decrepit state due to lack of repairs. In 2005, a portion of the building had crashed, killing one.
Recently, the state government had issued a letter of intent for the cluster redevelopment of the century-old Botawala chawl in Mazgaon. The chawl is a cluster of six two-storey buildings spread over 4,721 sqm and houses 423 tenants.
Mhada
chairman Prasa Lal has written to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan requesting the use of special powers to evict the 683 tenants from the 16 unsafe buildings. "There is no point in the exercise if people do not heed the notice. The government should permit us to use special powers to forcibly evict the tenants," said Lal in his letter. Officials of the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board said of the 683 tenants living in these 16 buildings, 144 have relocated to transit camps and eviction notices will be sent again to the remaining tenants from May 22.
Mohan Thombre, chief officer of the board, said, "The tenants should be concerned about their lives and relocate to transit camps. It is the only safeguard against collapses we can offer."
A recent study by the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit has revealed that merely 8% of the 16,000-odd cessed buildings in the city have been redeveloped since 1999.
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