The Maharashtra State Cabinet has decided to allot 125 acres of land from the Deonar dumping ground for rental housing for those declared ineligible for free housing in the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP).

So far, the government has granted 255 acres of salt pan lands at Kanjurmarg and Mulund, 140 acres of land at Madh island and 21.25 acres of Kurla Dairy land for the rental housing project. With the Deonar dumping ground plot, the amount of land given over to the Adani-led DRP amounts to 541.25 acres. Residents who are ineligible will be given houses in the rental housing schemes at a cost of Rs 2.5 lakh per tenement.

The plot belongs to the suburban collectorate and is owned by the revenue department of the state government. The  government has been corresponding with the Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani to hand over the 326-acre Deonar dumping plot for DRP rental housing. The BMC will retain 75 acres for various activities, including generation of electricity from waste.