Rules preventing redevelopment of old buildings to be amended

Maharashtra government plans to amend rules which are a hurdle in the redevelopment of dilapidated and cessed buildings in Mumbai, especially in the island city, it was announced here today.
An announcement to this effect was made in the state legislative assembly by Minister of State for Housing Sachin Ahir, while replying to a calling attention notice by BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis and MNS legislator Bala Nandgaonkar.
There are over 13,000 cessed buildings in the city and for the past 27 years but there has been no decision about redevelopment of these buildings.
"The property owners' association have approached the court against the redevelopment policy," Ahir said, adding the government plans to amend the Housing Act to enable long-pending redevelopment of these old buildings.