New housing policy for senior citizens, women, students and mill workers soon: Eknath Shinde

“Everyone dreams of owning a spacious, comfy home, but galore Mumbaikars are forced to determination to the city’s outskirts owed to lodging constraints. Our authorities is determined to bring them backmost to Mumbai by fulfilling their imagination done clump redevelopment,” Shinde stated.

He besides addressed concerns astir stalled redevelopment projects, stating that definite developers had abandoned buildings they took implicit for redevelopment and failed to wage rent to residents. “Such developers volition beryllium removed, and if necessary, changes successful laws and regulations volition beryllium made to guarantee affordable and spacious lodging for the people. These proposals volition beryllium discussed with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and presented earlier the authorities cabinet,” helium added.

The stalled redevelopment projects volition beryllium accelerated done clump redevelopment, akin to the inaugural already launched successful Thane. The strategy volition beryllium implemented successful coordination with aggregate agencies, including the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), MHADA, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Shinde besides announced a ₹500 crore improvement program for Shri Siddhivinayak Temple, aimed astatine enhancing facilities for devotees.

₹690 crore Mumbai metropolis draught program approved

Meanwhile, the District Planning Committee (DPC) connected Thursday approved a ₹690 crore draught program for Mumbai city.

During the meeting, Shinde directed officials to instrumentality a ‘Zero Prescription’ argumentation immediately, ensuring that authorities hospitals supply indispensable medicines to patients alternatively of requiring them to acquisition them externally. He emphasised that patients astatine hospitals specified arsenic KEM and JJ often deficiency the clip oregon resources to bargain medicines from extracurricular pharmacies.

Additionally, helium instructed authorities to summation the availability of MRI machines, ventilators, and CT scanners successful municipal and authorities hospitals. “Given the precocious diligent load astatine KEM, further MRI machines should beryllium procured immediately, and the process should beryllium expedited. Until the caller machines arrive, MRI services should beryllium arranged astatine Wadia and Khalsa hospitals,” helium added.

Shinde besides directed BMC to guarantee well-maintained roads and heighten the beautification of each gardens crossed Mumbai by appointing a reputed agency.

Mumbai has 11 large authorities hospitals, catering to a important fig of patients from some wrong and extracurricular the city. These hospitals service patients from lower-income families, treating some communal and captious illnesses.

To modernise and upgrade infirmary infrastructure, including medicines, aesculapian equipment, and infirmary wards, the authorities has approved a ₹132.47 crore money nether the District Annual Plan (General) 2025-26.