A Rs 2,000 crore office-cum-residential complex of the Government of India will come up over the next five years on the salt pan tracts at Wadala, Mumbai.

The 41 acre plot (16.5 ha) is currently used as a customs godown - known as the Suleman Shah compound - and part of it is marked as a green belt. On 7 May, 2016, the state urban development department notified a change in the use of the land from godown to office, residence and a sports complex.

The Central Board of Excise and Customs plans to build two twin towers to house 28 offices, 1,700 residential flats for officials of excise, customs and service tax, and a sports complex for the residents' use. Two parcels of the customs land --14 acre and three acre -- are on one side of the Eastern Freeway and will be used for the offices. Another 24 acre on the other side of the elevated road will be used for the residences and sports complex.

Another residential complex for customs’ employees is coming up in Kharghar.

The BMC has identified 265 ha of salt pan land for affordable housing in its revised draft Development Plan.