MMRDA : Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development

Authority
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

Official logo of MMRDA

Agency overview
Formed

26 January 1975

Jurisdiction

Government of Maharashtra

Headquarters

Bandra-Kurla complex, Mumbai-400051

Minister

Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister and Minister

responsible

for Urban Development

Agency

Urvinder Pal Singh Madan, Metropolitan

executive

Commissioner

Website

http://www.mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in/

Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (Marathi:

), commonly abbreviated as MMRDA, is a body of the Government of
Maharashtra that is responsible for the infrastructure development of the Mumbai
Metropolitan Region.[1] MMRDA was set up on 26 January 1975 under the Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974 Government of Maharashtra as an
apex body for planning and co-ordination of development activities in the Region.

The MMRDA comprises 17 members and is chaired by the Minister for Urban Development in
Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis (who is also the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra).[2]

It is also the richest state owned organisations in India. On the similar lines to this,
recently Government of Maharashtra has announced to
establish PMRDAand NMRDA for Pune and Nasik respectively.

Regional Plan
MMRDA was established for implementation of the Regional Plan and for Planning,
Development and Co-ordination of Development within MMR. Mumbai Metropolitan Region
was delineated and the first Regional Plan for Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) was
sanctioned in 1973. After considering various planning aspects, the Authority prepared the
revised Regional Plan for the period 1996-2011 which was sanctioned by the State
Government on 23rd September, 1999 and it came into force with effect from 1st December,
1999. Implementation of the Regional Plan for MMR (1996-2011) is in progress. As per
Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC) Act, 1999, revision of Regional Plan will be carried
out by the MPC and MMRDA will assist it in the task.

Who We Are
Mumbai Metropolitan Development Act of 1974 created the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) in January 26, 1975.
MMRDA aims to establish MMR as an economic destination by providing infrastructures,
buildings and architectures to enhance the quality of living in the area. Using the frame work
of growth of MMR, MMRDA plans, promotes, implements and finances different centers,
projects and infrastructures.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is responsible for:

Formulation of Regional Development Plans

Giving financial support to regional projects

Contribution to the infrastructure projects of the local government

Lending a hand for the completion of schemes and projects in MMR

Preventing any activity that has negative effect on the further development of the
Region

MMRDA monitors, contributes and plans projects that can affect the overall improvement in
various sectors such as transportation, water and drainage system and preservation of the
environment in the city.

With a kitty of about Rs15,000 crore, the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development
Authority (MMRDA) may be considered the richest planning body in the country. But with an

investment of Rs1.14 lakh crore required to implement its 16 premier infrastructure projects,
the authority is wooing worldwide investors to come to its rescue.

Last week, MMRDA chief Ratnakar Gaikwad appealed to a world conference of architects,
urban planners and investors being held in the city to pledge investments for the
metropolitan region. At the conference, organised by the Chicago-based Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitats along with the Remaking of Mumbai Foundation (RoMF),
Gaikwad showcased the authoritys various projects, such as the 145-km metro corridor, the
100-km monorail, the iconic tower, innovation park, rental housing, the multi-modal corridor,
and the funicular railway at Matheran. He said that these projects can set the city, along
with the entire region, on a path of rapid growth.

While the metro and the monorail will act as capillaries to Mumbais transport, the multimodal corridor will establish a 140-km link between Virar and Alibaug. It will have eight lanes
for vehicles, along with dedicated lanes for buses and a metro track right in the median,
said Gaikwad.

The public-private partnership model applied to the first two metro lines is an example for
other states to follow. It emphasises the fact that big projects need no longer linger for the
want of funds, said Gaikwad.

He concluded by appealing to the business community to contribute to the regions growth

by investing in various projects initiated by the authority.

Multimodal Corridor from Virar to Alibaug :

The Government of Maharashtra, with financial assistance from the World Bank and through
MMRDA under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project has prepared the Comprehensive
Transportation Study (CTS) for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in the year 2008 known as
TRANSFORM (TRANSportation Study FOR the region of Mumbai). The premier objective of
this study was to identify the travel modes and travel patterns of the residents in the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region and recommend long term Comprehensive Transportation

Strategy for MMR up to 2031. The final report was submitted in July, 2008. One of the major
recommendations of TRANSFORM is the development of Multi Modal Corridor in MMR to
take care of the varied travel demands of the region for the horizon period up to 2031. One
such corridor is planned from Virar to Alibaug.
M/s. Louis Berger Group Inc. has been appointed for the preparation of Techno-Economic
and Financial Viability Study which began in August, 2010.
This 126 km long Virar-Alibuag Multi Modal Corridor will connect NH-8, Bhiwandi bypass,
NH-3, NH-4 and NH-4B, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, NH-17, etc. Out of this 126 km corridor,
79 km long Virar (Navghar) to Chirner (JNPT) corridor is financially feasible and has been
approved by the Authority in its meeting held on 6th March, 2012.
The Multi Modal Corridor will be a crucial step towards development, strengthening and
creating job opportunities in seven growth centers in MMR such as Virar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan,
Dombivali, Panvel, Taloja and Uran. The Corridor will also be useful for the development of
Navi Mumbai International Airport, JNPT Port, MTHL and Dedicated Freight Corridor. This
Corridor will carry all the traffic from JNPT towards Navi Mumbai and Thane outside the city
and will help reduce traffic congestion within the city. The travel time between Virar to
Alibaug required today will also be reduced by 50%.

MMRDA Projects :

SCLR (Santacruz Chembur Link Road)

Mono Rail

Metro Rail

Sky Walk

Eastern Freeway

Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road

Sahara elevated road

Address: M.M.R.D.A. Office Building, Bandra-Kurla Complex, C-14 & 15, E Block, Bandra
(East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051 Phone:022 2659 4000

MHADA : Maharashtra Housing and Area

Development Authority

Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (Marathi:

) is an Indian organisation established in 1977. Since then, it

has been engaged primarily in constructing and selling housing to low and middle income
groups in urban and semi-urban areas. In Mumbai, it has constructed about 30,000 housing
units.
Recently MHADA has come out with a low cost housing scheme offering 2,593 apartments in
Mumbai and Mira Road in its May 2012 Lottery Scheme.
MHADA is an apex public body constituted under MHAD ACT 1976, established in 1977 under
Housing Department Government of Maharashtra and integrated the activities and functions
performed by statutory bodies to provide comprehensive, co-ordinate approach to the
problems of housing.

HISTORY :
The Maharashtra Housing Board formerly called "Bombay Housing Board" was established in
year 1948 and had a jurisdiction over the entire State of Maharashtra except Vidharbha
region. This body undertook construction of residential buildings under various housing
schemes for different sections of the society. The allotment and maintenance of these
buildings was
being looked after by it.On the re-organization of the State, the Vidharbha Housing Board
was established in the year 1960 as a successor body to the erstwhile Madhya Pradesh

Housing Board. Its functions were similar to those of the Maharashtra Housing Board, except
that it also advanced loan to co-operative housing societies, institutions and local authorities
for the construction of houses.
The Bombay Buildings Repairs and Reconstruction Board was constituted in 1971. It was
created to deal with the problems faced by tenants residing in dilapidated buildings in the
Island City of Bombay and undertook its structural repairs and reconstruction, so as to make
them structurally sound and safe for habitation.
The Maharashtra Slum Improvement Board was constituted in 1974, with intention to
provide basic amenities, such as water taps, drainage, pathways, latrines and streetlights
etc. in slums. To begin with, its activities were confined to the Mumbai City and Mumbai
Suburban Districts. These activities were later extended to the other parts of the State. The
Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) has been established by the
Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976. It came into existence on 5th
December 1977. The erstwhile Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board was
restructured by a Government Resolution dated 5.11.1992 and split into three separate
Boards viz. Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board, Mumbai Building Repairs and
Reconstruction Board and Mumbai Slum Improvement Board Under the Government
Resolution No. 2679/B, dated 22.7.1992. At present MHADA is cordinating and controlling
the activities of seven regional housing boards, setup for each revenue division in the state
viz. Mumbai, Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad and two special purpose
boards viz. Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board and Mumbai Slum
Improvement Board.

Currently Few of MHADA Projects :

305 - MAGATHANE, BORIVALI

302 - MANKHURD
309 - TUNGWA, POWAI
304 - PRATIKSHA NAGAR, SION (PHASE 4)
306 - SHAILENDRANAGAR, DAHISAR
303 - VINOBHABHAVENAGAR, KURLA
308 - TUNGWA, POWAI
307 - KOLHEKALYAN, SANTACRUZ
262 - VENGURLA-DISTSINDHUDURG
259 - VENGURLA-DISTSINDHUDURG
258 - VENGURLA-DISTSINDHUDURG
257 - VIRAR-BOLINJ
261 - VENGURLA-DISTSINDHUDURG
260 - VENGURLA-DISTSINDHUDURG
256 - VIRAR-BOLINJ

Address: Grihanirman Bhavan, Kalanagar, Bandra East, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051
Phone:022 2659 2877

SRA : Slum Rehabilitation Authority

ABOUT SLUM REHABILITATION AUTHORITY

History of S R A
Background
1

2.

Since beginning of 20th century slums existed in Mumbai e.g. Dharavi,

Matunga labour camp, etc.
Pre & Post independence people from all corners of country came in
search of job.

3.

Mumbai was the only city of Employment opportunity.

4.

Slum became the culture of Mumbai .

APPROACH IV
1995 Onwards
1.

A high power study group was formed by Govt. popularly called AFZULPURKAR COMMITTEE w
scheme.

2.

Committee has estimated 80% slum rehabilitation is possible in situ.

3.

Committee relies on philosophy that if inequality has to be removed there has to be unequa

dwellers is not supported by housing philosophy but slum dwellers deserve this preferential un
mainstream of social, cultural and economic fabric of this pulsating city.

Slum Rehabilitation
It is estimated that more than 55% of Mumbai's population stays in slums.To ameliorate
the problems of slums dwellers the Government of Maharashtra appointed a comittee

chaired by the Shri Dinesh Afzulpurkar(Chief Secretary of Maharashtra ) in 1995 to devise a

scheme to rehabilitate slum dwellers in slums existent as of 01/01/1995.
The Afzulpurkar Committee estimated that for close to 80% of the slum settlements, in-situ
rehabilitation should be feasible. The study group stated: "The slums and hutment
dwellers of unauthorised structures form an integral part of this vibrant metropolis. All of
them undoubtedly have a share in the growth, status and prosperity of this great city. They
have had and continue to have a share in building up and maintaining the commercial,
industrial and economic importance of Brihan Mumbai. A large percentage of them belong
to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. We cannot be oblivious of the fact that slumdwellers have not willingly chosen their shanty structures and unhygienic environment but
have been driven to this option due to compelling circumstances as they were thrown out
of the formal housing sector, the latter being unaffordable and much beyond their income
levels. It is imperative to enhance their standard of living and for which an authorized
dwelling unit is a first step in the right direction. This, in turn, will bring about a marked
improvement in their hygiene and health as well as raise the level of public hygiene which
has fallen to very low ebb. For lifting them from their present levels, cross-subsidisation of
the cost of their dwelling units and allotting them free of charge, though not supported by
housing philosophy, had become a necessity and a cure in the given situation. The slumdwellers deserve this preferential- probably unequal treatment to bring them into the
mainstream of social, cultural and economic fabric of this pulsating City. The study group
has relied heavily on this philosophy."

" if inequality has to be removed, there have to be unequal laws". "

Planing Authority
By amendment to the Maharashtra Regional & Town Planning (MR & TP) Act 56, Slum
Rehabilitation Authority has been declared as a planning authority, to function as a local
authority for the area under its jurisdiction. SRA has been empowered to prepare and submit
proposals for modification to the Development Plan of Greater Mumbai.

Jurisdiction of S R A
As per the parameters given under the slum rehabilitation scheme, SRA can declare any area
as slum rehabilitation area for the rehabilitation of slums and in certain cases slum areas
become slum rehabilitation area by means of deeming provisions. All such slum
rehabilitation areas where slum rehabilitation schemes are proposed and being
implemented, come under the jurisdiction of SRA.

Responsibilities
The powers, duties, and functions of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority are: To survey and
review existing position regarding Slum areas in greater Mumbai. To formulate schemes for
rehabilitation of slum areas To get the slum rehabilitation scheme implemented. To do all
such other acts and things as may be necessary for achieving the objective of rehabilitation
of slums.

Slum Rehabilitation Authority Cell

Chief, SRA ( Shri. Anil R. Wankhade)
As per Section 17(3) of the amended MMRDA Act, 1974, the Metropolitan Commissioner,
MMRDA, has been empowered as deemed Slum Rehabilitation Authority for the purpose of
implementation of Slum Rehabilitation Projects required to be undertaken for the persons
affected by MMRDA projects. Under section 17(1) of the said amended Act, as per Section
17(3), MC, MMRDA, is holding the powers of Slum Rehabilitation Authority and thereby all
the powers of Chief Executive Officer, Slum Rehabilitation Authority under the MR & TP Act,
1966. Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA is thus a "Deemed SRA".
SRA Cell has been set up in MMRDA to scrutinize the Slum Rehabilitation proposals and to
grant subsequent approvals as per Development Control Regulations applicable and as per
Slum Rehabilitation Guidelines. Accordingly, till date, as approved by the M.C., MMRDA,
MMRDA has constructed total 30,332 nos. of tenements for rehabilitation of Project affected
persons. Similarly, construction of 4,189 nos. of PAPs tenements is under progress.

Address :

Bairam Naupada, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051

CIDCO : City and Industrial Development Corporation

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO; is a city planning
organization created by the Government of Maharashtra. CIDCO was formed on 17 March
1970 under the Indian Companies Act of 1956. Its purpose at the time of its creation was to
develop a satellite town to Mumbai, Maharashtra India to ease traffic congestion in the city
and provide open spaces, playing fields, housing and industrial sites outside the city.

Besides Mumbai, CIDCO operates successfully in Aurangabad, Nashik, Latur and Nanded in
Maharashtra state. Some very successful projects have been undertaken by CIDCO in
Aurangabad. Aurangabad city's localities are named as Neighbourhood-One (N-1),
Neighbourhood-Two (N-2) through N-12. The Aurangabad division has now been handed
over to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation.
A new development in Aurangabad district is in Waluj. It is 12 km southwest
of Aurangabad city and is well connected to the city. These projects are approximately
sixteen times the size of those executed in Aurangabad city. One more CIDCO plant has been
undertaken south of Aurangabad city, near Gevrai village beside the Sahara city project.

Address:

CBD-Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400614

Phone:022 6791 8100