Overview

• The draft Annexure-II for 505 tenements in Meghwadi and Ganesh Nagar shows that over 75 percent of residents qualify for new homes
• Thirty-one tenements have yet to submit any documents, 137 cases are pending BMC verification and 38 are classified as amenity structures
• Residents who settled in Dharavi before January 1, 2000, qualify for 350 sq ft in-situ flats while those who settled by January 1, 2011, are entitled to 300 sq ft units outside Dharavi at subsidised rates
• The hire-purchase scheme applies to 59 upper-floor tenement holders, granting 300 sq ft rentals for 12 years that convert to ownership or may be bought at government rates
• DRP CEO SVR Srinivas assured housing for every resident and space for all commercial units within Dharavi and invited objections to the draft list by July 5