Mumbai BDD chawl redevelopment to start in phases

[ecis2016.org] Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar have laid the foundation stone for BDD chawl redevelopment in Mumbai

What are Chawls?

Prominent in Maharashtra, a chawl is a one room or two rooms unit that has a long corridor and sharing bathrooms and toilets with other tenants. The layout is such that there are hosuing units on both sides of the corridor and there is huge open courtyard in the middle.

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About BDD chawls

The British had constructed the 207 BDD chawls around 1920, as low-cost housing for mill workers, dock workers, civic and other government employees. The BDD chawls are spread over 93 acres and comprise 207 ground-plus-three-storey buildings, having 16,557 flats measuring 160 sq ft.

BDD chawl redevelopment

The Maharashtra government has kicked off the BDD chawl redevelopment process in Mumbai. The BDD chawl full form is the Bombay Development Directorate chawls in Mumbai. During the foundation stone-laying ceremony by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, on August 1, 2021, the government announced redevelopment of Worli’s nearly century-old BDD chawls in phases. The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), will be the nodal agency for the redevelopment project.

This BDD chawl redevelopment will be one of Asia’s largest cluster redevelopment projects that is led by a state government, point out industry experts. To be developed in phases, Tata Projects Limited, Capicit’e Infraprojects Ltd and Citic Group Consortium, secured the Rs 11,744-crore order for the BDD chawl redevelopment at Worli, Mumbai.

The Maharashtra government has kicked off the redevelopment process of BDD (Bombay Development Directorate) chawls in Mumbai. During the foundation stone-laying ceremony by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, on August 1, 2021, the government announced redevelopment of Worli’s nearly century-old BDD chawls in phases. The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), will be the nodal agency for the redevelopment project.

This redevelopment will be one of Asia’s largest cluster redevelopment projects that is led by a state government, point out industry experts. To be developed in phases, Tata Projects Limited, Capicit’e Infraprojects Ltd and Citic Group Consortium, secured the Rs 11,744-crore order for redevelopment of the existing BDD chawls at Worli, Mumbai.

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BDD chawl Worli redevelopment plan

The BDD chawl redevelopment will take place in two phases. In the first phase, 23 buildings in Plot B will be redeveloped and in the second phase, 19 buildings in Plot A will be redeveloped. According to the proposed BDD chawl redevelopment plan approved by the planning authority cell of MHADA, three basement plus stilt plus 22 storey buildings will be constructed to rehabilitate the residents. MHADA has started with the Worli BDD chawl redevelopment project by demolishing the first building. A total of 42 buildings are here. Construction of a new building on the site will start as soon the demolition is complete.

Reports suggest that according to the BDD chawl Worli redevelopment plan for the 195 chawls on the 34.05 hectares of government land in Worli, eligible unit holders will be given 500 sq ft units free of cost on ownership basis. In the Worli BDD chawl redevelopment, housing units of 269 sq ft each will be given to slum dwellers. More than 1,700 families of police personnel who are living in BDD chawls after their retirement, are also entitled for free housing under the redevelopment scheme. These units will be given from the surplus flats that MHADA has and will not have any impact on units to be given in other categories. Also, the Maharashtra government recently extended the eligibility of free housing in bdd chawl project to people paying rent, as on January 1, 2021.

The Maharashtra state government issued a notification, allowing MHADA to sign new house-sale agreements with BDD chawl tenants. The BDD chawl redevelopment tenants who shifted to transit houses and whose names have been selected in the lottery, will sign the new house-sale agreements. The lottery draw for BDD chawl was held for 272 units in February 2021. This move will help overcome the problem of tenants not backing the redevelopment project.

The Maharashtra cabinet announced that while the housing units at Mumbai’s BDD chawls would be free for eligible residents, the state government would charge Rs 1,000 as the stamp duty and agreement charge per house. This is a respite for the residents of BDD chawls as otherwise, the stamp duty for properties in Maharashtra is 5% of the property’s value.

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackrey, while taking an update on the progress of the BDD chawl redevelopment work, directed the officials to accelerate the work. While BDD Chawls redevelopment spread across Worli, NM Joshi Marg and Naigaon has started, the BDD chawl redevelopment cluster at Sewri is on hold.

According to an FPJ report, more than 960 families who are living in 12 dilapidated buildings in BDD Chawls at Sewri, are still waiting for their housing redevelopment project. This is because, even while the Mumbai Port Trust is the owner of the land of Sewri BBD and ready to extend the lease, want of permission from the center to commence the work has put the BDD chawl redevelopment project in this area in the backseat.

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BDD chawl redevelopment eligibility forms

You can download the BDD chawl redevelopment eligibility forms from MHADA website at https://www.mhada.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHADA-BDD-Eligibility-Form.pdf

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BDD chawl redevelopment sample flat

The sample flats of the BDD chawl redevelopment is there for people to see and take informed decisions. As part of the BDD chawl redevelopment, the 500 sq ft house is three times the existing BDD chawl unit’s size. Once the BDD chawl redevelopment project is ready, industry experts mention that each ready to move in unit will be worth around Rs 2 crore.

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