Transforming Mumbai into a World Class City

Resettlement & Rehabilitation Of Urban Poor

Dr. T. Chandrashekhar
Addl. Metropolitan Commissioner,
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Mumbais Vision

Transforming Mumbai into a world class city

with a vibrant economy and globally
comparable quality of life.

Importance Of Mumbai
Commercial and financial capital of India
Generates 5% of Indias GDP
Contributes over 1/3rd of Indias tax revenues

The two ports in Mumbai handle 1/3rd of the countrys

total foreign trade
Shares about 38% and 26% of international and

domestic air traffic respectively

Contributes over Rs. 40,000 crore p.a. as taxes to
Central Government
A very high rate of migration to Mumbai for employment

MUMBAI contributes more than RS. 40,000

Crore annually to GoI
Rs. thousand Crore p.a.
55
13
42
25

8
Customs

Excise InCen- State Total

come tral

Less than 1% of revenue

generated in Mumbai
ploughed back into city

Mumbai showing visible signs of decline

Engine of economic growth of country is losing out to
other cities.
Overburdened Transport System
Proliferation of slums especially in
sites reserved for essential
infrastructure
Declining industrial and economic
activities
Encroachments surrounding the
Airport leading to safety and security
concerns
Lack of affordable housing

15 Largest cities in the world, 2000-15

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5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

Tokyo
Mumbai
Dhaka
So Paulo
Delhi
Mexico City

New York
Calcutta
Karachi
Lagos

Los Angeles
Shanghai
Metro Manila
Beijing
Cairo

2015
2000

Population explosion adding pressure on

existing infrastructure
Suburbs
115.00

88.00

Population in Lakhs

67.50

49.60

Island
city

35.00

38.99
33.26
32.85

31.74

30.90

28.00
14.00

1961

1971

1981

1991

2001

2011

Year

Ever increasing vehicular growth choking

the road corridors

No. of vehicles registered in lacs

16.00

10.30

6.23

3.09
1.52

Mumbai - Mahim Junction

0.61
1961 1971

1981 1991 2001 2011E

Year

Government of Maharashtra Initiatives

Formation of Task Force
Preparation of Vision Mumbai Report
Development of long term strategy
covering
Strategic Planning & Financing
Economic Growth

Physical Infrastructure
Housing
Social Infrastructure
Governance
Formation of Citizens Action Group
Involvement of NGOs, Eminent Citizens,
Industrialists

3 Key areas for Mumbais transformation

Metro Rail
MUTP I & II
MUIP
Western Freeway
Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link
1
Transport
infrastructure
Civic
infrastructure

Housing
Towards
Slum Development
a world-class
Resettlement &
Mumbai
Rehabilitation of Slums

Economic
Growth

2nd international airport

Augmentation of water
supply
Upgradation of drainage
systems
National Status to KEM
Hospital

Resettlement and Rehabilitation

Present Scenario of Housing

55% live in slums and 65 lakhs people
do not have permanent shelter
(Approximately 3000 Slums pockets)
Slums and Encroachments affecting
vital public projects
12 lakhs houses needed to provide
shelter to slum dwellers
Land has become scarce. Vast tracts of lands are locked up
due to CRZ regulations and salt pan leases.
Thousands of buildings are in dilapidated conditions
endangering the lives of lakhs of people

Infrastructure projects undertaken by GoM

To improve the transport infrastructure including rail, road
and public transportation the GoI, GoM & MMRDA have
undertaken
Mumbai Urban Transport Project
Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project
Metro Rail
Western Freeway
Eastern Freeway
Mumbai Trans Harbor Link

Slums affected by Vital Infrastructure Projects

Implementation of MUTP and MUIP requires shifting of
58000 slum dwelling families comprising of about
3,50,000 population in the right of way of roads and
safety margins on the rail corridors
About 23,000 slum dwelling families are affected by
MUTP
About 35,000 slum dwelling families are affected by
MUIP
More than 80,000 slums surround the Airport require
immediate rehabilitation

Resettlement & Rehabilitation

23000 PAHs (Road - 6972, Rail 15,857) Project Affected
Households (110,000 persons) to be resettled under MUTP

Another 35000 PAHs to be resettled under MUIP

80000 PAHs to be resettled under Airport Slum Rehabilitation

Resettlement Townships
MMRDA has constructed about 50,000 tenements with all the physical
and social infrastructure for resettlement of 3,50,000 slum dwellers at
different locations in Mumbai and the construction balance 8,000
tenements is in progress
Every PAH / Slum dwelling family is allotted 225 Sq. Ft. carpet area
tenement in the permanent multistoried buildings
About 31 integrated townships built for 50,000 tenements which are well
connected by road and rail network and having provision of Balwadis,
community centers, society offices, shops with civic amenities like
school and hospitals in the neighborhood
The physical infrastructure like water supply, sewerage, storm water
drain, roads with footpaths and recreation grounds also completed by
MMRDA

Tenements constructed at different locations

Project

MUTP

Locations
Option A: Majas, Ajgaonkar Plot, Nirlon & NSE,
Kanjurmarg, Ghatkopar, Powai
Option B: Mahul Videocon, Anik Runwal, Anik
Rockline, Mankhurd S.V.Patel

Option C :Kokari Agar, Dharavi, Antop Hill,

Mankhurd

MUIP

SRA

Goregoan, ODC. Majas,Poonamnagar, Kanjurmarg

(W), Kanjurmarg (E), Bhandup (W). Anik
(Chembur), Anik (Bhakti park), Anik(Mahul),
Mankhurd, Borla, Shivaji Nagar, Chembur

Anik (Chembur ), Dahisar, Tunga Village

No. of tenements

5,107
12,316
4,257

27,524

3,524
52,728

Current Status of Rehabilitation

Project

Requirement

Already shifted

Yet to be
shifted

MUTP

22, 829

14,000

8,829

MUIP

35, 000

6,000

29,000

Total

57, 829

20,000

37,829

Site Views

Oshiwara

Mankhurd

Majas

Mahul - B

Ghatkopar
Transit at Mankhurd

GoM R&R Policy

The Government of Maharashtra has prepared Resettlement and
Rehabilitation Policy
To rehabilitate the slum dwellers and project affected households of
MUTP and MUIP
To develop and implement R&R through active community
participation
To accord housing and civic rights and form Co-operative Housing
Society
To improve local environment and motivate and organise the
community to manage resettlement colony
To retain existing community network and minimize adverse impact
to host community

Salient features of the slum rehabilitation scheme

Eligibility - A PAP whose name is in the electoral as on 1st Jan, 95
Provide free tenement of 225 sq. ft. carpet area to each PAH

Provide Rs. 20,000/structure for future maintenance

Minimum density 500 t/s per hectare
Floor Space Index 2.5 available
For every sq. ft. built rehab purpose, developer entitled for one sq.
ft. for sale purpose
TDR is available against free sale component as spill over 2.5 FSI
One Balwadi, One Welfare centre and a Society office for every 100
tenements each admeasuring 225 sq. ft. each

Salient features of the slum rehabilitation scheme

Un-encroached land belonging to a private party is
conveyed free of cost to the government for the use of
re-housing PAPs currently encroaching public land
needed for vital public project
Land owner to receive 1:1 TDR in lieu of the land
Land owner/Developer to receive incremental TDR
against construction of rehabilitation tenements at the
ratio of 1:1.33

Legal Framework Governing SRA Scheme

The Maharashtra Slum Areas Act 1971: for notifying the slums and for
fixing the eligibility criteria of slum dweller
LA Act 1894: for compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes.

MRTP Act, 1966: for preparation of Development Plans to designate

land for public purposes, which can be acquired under LA Act
DC Regulations for Greater Mumbai 1991: provides for an alternative

to acquisition under LA Act 1894 by way of Transfer of Development

Rights (TDR)
The Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act 1960: provides for
establishing, registering and administering the cooperative societies

Step Involved in Slum Rehabilitation

Identification of vital public projects
Preparation of BSES Reports and Cadastral Maps
Identification of lands suitable for transit and permanent rehabilitation,
preparation of plans and approval to the schemes by the competent
authority
Preparation of eligible slum dwellers/PAPs list
Certification of the PAPs list by the Collector
Public consultations, issuance of identity cards and allotment letters
Construction of Transit tenements
Shifting of PAPs into transit tenements and clearing the corridors.

Construction of Permanent tenements

Shifting of PAPs into permanent tenements
Post

resettlement

activities

such

as

Registration/transfer funds to the societies

Co.

Op.

Housing

Soc.

Construction of Transit Tenements

Transit tenements provided temporary accommodations for slum
dwellers while permanent tenements were being completed

8000 transit tenement were constructed under MUTP along with

necessary infrastructure

The transit tenements are of approximately 120 sq.ft carpet area

each with common toilet facilities

Pedestrian pathways along with other basic amenities such as

water, electricity and ration shops have been provided

Resettlement and Rehabilitation Process

Based on recommendations of a Task Force assigned to frame a policy
regarding Resettlement & Rehabilitation the policy has been formulated.
Baseline Surveys, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Action Plan,
Rehabilitation
Implementation
Plans
(RIPs)
and
Community
Environmental Management Plans (CEMPs) have been prepared with the
help of NGOs.
Rehabilitation Action Plan (RAP) prepared covering;
Number of families affected by the project
Policy framework and entitlements
Land acquisition details
Identification of resettlement sites and purchase of built houses
Plans for transit and permanent housing
Economic rehabilitation measures
Monitoring, evaluation procedures, grievance & redressal
mechanisms
Time-table including the preparation of detailed implementation
plans

NGOs and Community Involvement

The project is being implemented with the assistance
of the NGOs like SPARC and SRS
The process of community participation began from
the stage of conducting BSES and RIP preparation
and the post rehabilitation support and services for
each of the project component
Reputed NGOs and Community Based Organisations
working in the project areas engaged to carry out the
BSES through the active participation of the
community

NGOs and Community Involvement

NGOs involvement helped to:
Identify the community preferences in new relocation site

Shelter design
Formation of Co. Op. Housing Societies of the PAHs
Formation of Mahila Milan Committees
Training the groups in maintenance and management of community
needs
Preparing the community to adapt to new lifestyle in multi-storied building
Maintenance of the local environment and services
Training and assisting the communities in establishing community based
savings and loan during the post resettlement phase
Promote community savings, income earning activities and improved
quality of life

Public Information Centres (PIC)

PICs have been established in the office of MMRDA
and the project sites to provide:

Information pertaining to the project

Eligibility & entitlements
Project

components

and

implementation

schedules
Public consultation and transparency process

NGOs

associated

with

the

project

to

provide

volunteers to manage the PIC at the project site

Grievance Redressal Mechanism

Two separate Committees have been appointed by MMRDA for
redressal of grievances of the Slum dwellers/ PAHs

Field Level Grievance Committee, comprising officials of the PMU,

representatives of the NGOs and Project Implementing Agencies
(PIAs), to hear the grievances of the PAHs at the first instance

High Level Grievance Redressal Committee, comprising the

officials of the MMRDA and the representatives of the NGOs, to

hear and decide appeals of the aggrieved Slum dwellers/ PAHs

A high level Independent Monitoring Panel has been constituted to

supervise the overall implementation process

Post Resettlement Activities

Formation of

Co. Op. Housing Soc. including their

PAH members and transfer of legal tenure of the land

in the names of the societies

Payment of all kind of monetary compensations &

transfer of maintenance charges

Providing community facilities, to the left over

population that are lost in the process of resettlement

Management Inofrmation System (MIS)

In order to monitor the rehab process, MIS has been

established by MMRDA

The MIS is prepared based on the inputs from the field

level operations to generate quarterly progress reports

Innovation in Implementation
The mammoth task of rehabilitation and resettlement is
being implemented with the following fast and quick
actions:
Establishment of SRA cell in MMRDA
Motivating the developers to offer tenements under SRA

scheme
Invitation of proposals through public notification for
construction of tenements under SRA
Timely

approvals

after

statutory

scrutiny

to

the

proposals of the developers and grant of TDR benefits

Innovation in Implementation contd.

Supervision to ensure design standard, quality
construction through PMCs ensuring development of
off-site infrastructure utilizing engineering capabilities
of MMRDA
Involvement of NGOs to carry out the BSES, preparation
of RIP, CEMP and EA etc.

Co-ordination with government agencies like revenue

department and collector encroachments to finalise
eligibility and entitlements
Shifting of families through NGOs involvement under
the supervision of trained and qualified team of MMRDA
Taking over of cleared lands and providing security to
prevent re-encroachments

Impact Assessment
The execution of MUTP, MUIP and resettlement and rehabilitation of
project affected/slum dwellers would have several spin off benefits
The cost of the R&R if entirely procured through public
procurement process, purely on financial terms would cost Rs.
1500 Cr.
The process through which these tenements were procured has
put a very limited burden on government and therefore saved the
public funds at large
This project not only helped to relieve Mumbai of its
transportation problems but also give the much awaited impetus
to the stagnant growth of Mumbais economy
The transport infrastructure project are expected to yield
remarkable benefits to the city in terms of improved productivity,
saving in fuel and travel time, reduction in pollution and overall
growth of the city

THANK YOU !