civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju Pusapati has
approved the new proposal to
relocate the slum dwellers to about 150 of the 309 acres to be freed from
slums estimated to be in habited by 90,000 families.
“The plan is to build 15 floor buildings in about 150 acres of the
freed land and shift all these dwellers into these flats. This buildings will
be constructed as per air port safety norms. The plan estimates that the area
of each flat would be around 500 sq feet,
The plan will be discussed
with the state government and the airport operator. If need be, the Airports
Authority of India would also be asked to provide land for rehabilitation,” the
official added.
On22nd July 2014 the
central 22 The ministry Ashok Gajapati Raju Pusapati has written to Maharashtra
CM Prithviraj Chavan requesting him to come up with an airport specific slum
rehabilitation scheme for the Mumbai airport.
“Slum rehabilitation is a state subject and the state government
needs to come up with an innovative scheme to ensure the removal of slums
around the airport,”
Source - Sep 11 ,2014 : The Economic Times (Mumbai)
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