Summary:
Repeated attempts to contact Deepak Kapoor, the chief executive officer, SRA got us no response. However, according to a senior SRA official, in many cases, developers have given the houses on rent. The houses are meant for Project Affected Persons (PAPs). A special cell of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority of Mumbai extracted over 450 houses which the builders had not handed over to the authority since years as the mandate requires. According to Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi, a real estate expert, a developer is required to rehabilitate slum dwellers when using the slum area for a project..