Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Development and Housing Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday announced that Slum Cluster Redevelopment will be implemented on plots larger than 50 acres in Mumbai, with 17 project sites selected in the first phase of the scheme.

He said the initiative marks a major step towards achieving the goal of a slum-free Mumbai.

In a statement made in the Legislative Council, DCM Shinde said that the slum redevelopment scheme will now be implemented in a cluster format on private, government and semi-government land parcels measuring 50 acres or more.

Under the first phase of the scheme, 17 major locations across Mumbai have been identified. These include Antop Hill, Krishna Nagar and Ketkipada in Borivali, Gopikrishna Nagar in Dahisar, Oshiwara,

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