The state government has provided yet another relief to project-affected people (PAP) of Navi Mumbai by slashing the charges to regularize need-based construction in gaothan areas. A new notification issued early slashed the regularization charges by a minimum of 50% of the reserved price of the land of the respective areas.
As per the government's decision, the regularization charges have been divided into two slabs. In the first slab, for construction up to 250sq m, the regularizing charges will be 15% of the reserved price of the land and in the second slab, from 251-500sq m constructions, villagers will have to pay 25% of the reserved price. Earlier, it was 30% and 60%, respectively. Now, buildings constructed up to 500m from the gaothan periphery will be regularized by paying these charges. The decision will benefit more than 30,000 PAP residing in the city.
In Feb, the state government issued a notification to regularize need-based constructions in Thane, Raigad, and Navi Mumbai, including Panvel and Uran areas. Need-based construction is an extension of a building constructed following the rise in the number of members of the family, like raising one floor or extending the limit of the gaonthan boundary.
There was a total of 95 villages in Navi Mumbai when the state government decided to develop the city. However, over the period, these village boundaries increased after villagers carried out the construction. Villagers claimed that the construction was done following an increase in the number of family members.
