MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved a scheme that seeks to redevelop slums in Mumbai as integrated housing projects with better living conditions and improve urban infrastructure.
The Slum Cluster redevelopment scheme will be implemented by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), a government agency established to provide modern housing for families living in Shanties. The scheme aims to accelerate large-scale slum redevelopment and improve urban infrastructure in the financial capital.
The scheme will focus on redeveloping slum clusters as integrated housing projects, providing better living conditions while creating opportunities for private investment and construction activities, said a statement issued by the Office of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after the Cabinet meeting.
It is expected to generate employment in construction and allied sectors, contributing to Mumbai’s economic growth, the statement said.
In another decision, the Cabinet approved a state-wide sewage treatment and reuse policy for 424 urban local bodies. The policy will promote a circular economy through wastewater treatment and reuse, ensuring environmentally friendly urban growth.
Specifically, a circular economy is a system that eliminates waste and pollution by keeping resources in use for a long time.
The government approved allotment of 2.38 hectares of land at Mouza Badnera to the Amravati Municipal Corporation for setting up E-BUS depot and charging infrastructure under the Centre’s PM-E bus scheme.
The decision will help shape urban mobility and stimulate green transport initiatives, the CMO statement said.
In a decision vis-à-vis the education and welfare sectors, the Cabinet extended the Modified Assured Assured Career Progression (MACP) scheme to non-teaching staff at 980 aided residential Ashram schools run by voluntary organizations for students of OBC communities and children of Sugarcane workers.
In another step, it approved the establishment of a senior civil court at Akole in Akole in Ahilyanagar district and sanctioned the creation of necessary posts for its functioning.
The government has also cleared an amendment to the Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947, removing a proviso under Section 8(b) and inserting a new clause in Section 9 to prevent land fragmentation and enhance consolidation.
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