Union Textile Minister Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal has announced the formation of a committee to expedite the redevelopment of land under nine mills of National Textile Corporation (NTC) in Mumbai.

The committee will include Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

The nine mill lands and 11 chawls that are to be redeveloped belong to Mumbai Textile Mill with three chawls at Kawali Compound and Marwadi Chawka in Lower Parel and Parkarwadi in Mahim. The others include Shree Madhusudan Mills at Lower Parel, Digvijay Textile Mills at Kalachawki, Jam Mfg Mills at Lalbaug, India United Mill No 1 at Parel, Shree Sitaram Mills at Chinchpokali, India United Mill No 3 at Kalachawki, Tata Mill at Parel and Kohinoor Mill at Naigaum.

However, of these 11 chawls, six are declared cess buildings while five are non-cess. To extend permission for MHADA to carry out the redevelopment work, NTC has requested the state government to convert the non-cess buildings to cess buildings.

The land of nine mills with 11 chawls has about 2,062 occupants, of which, 1,890 are residential and 172 are commercial. Chawl residents will be entitled to 405 sq ft houses as compared to their current 100-150 sq ft homes under the scheme.