Overview
- The symbolic key handover for 557 beneficiaries under the Ashray scheme took place on Friday at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Mumbai with chief and deputy state leaders present.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis handed over keys to residents of three rehabilitation buildings completed in the first phase of MHADA's BDD Chawl redevelopment project.
- Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora said he was not invited to the programme and has sent a formal letter to BMC Commissioner Ashwini Bhide expressing surprise and displeasure.
- Deora's letter demands strict adherence to established protocol and that elected public representatives be acknowledged at government events in their constituencies; the BMC has not issued a response in the coverage provided.
- The Ashray initiative aims to provide service quarters and ownership homes to sanitation workers using prefabricated construction and will be rolled out in phases to reach thousands of workers and their families.