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To decongest public spaces, the BMC will be setting up two new car parking facilities, one in Central Mumbai and the other in South Mumbai. The Matunga facility in Central Mumbai will be equipped to facilitate 475 vehicles, while the Mumbadevi facility in South Mumbai will have the capacity to accommodate 546 vehicles.

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority (MHADA) has suggested to the state government, three major redevelopment projects, which will significantly strengthen the real estate sector in the city. The housing body has suggested the cluster redevelopment of Abhyudaya Nagar at Kalachowkie, Adarsh Nagar in Worli and the Bandra Reclamation layout.

MHADA has proposed that bids be issued for the remodelling of these areas.

It would cost BMC nearly `300 crore over the span of two years for the project to be completed

These facilities will consist of two 15-story parking towers, each equipped with a mechanized robotic system that operates via a digital control room. There will be platforms on all floors to accommodate the vehicles.

These spaces will not utilize existing road space and will be located inside building-like structures.

With the government’s decision to redevelop Dharavi, it is likely that these three major projects will be advanced.

According to the sources, Dy Chief Minister Fadnavis was determined to remove bureaucratic obstacles to ensure the completion of projects that had been put off for a long time.

Jitendra Awhad, former Minister for Housing said that he had earlier objected to the individual development of these buildings since it would be difficult to provide proper infrastructure facilities in terms of water supply, drainage, recreational facilities etc.

“I had proposed cluster development of these colonies so that infrastructure could be upgraded uniformly. However, there was no consensus in the gov- ernment. In the case of Abhyudaya Nagar, the federation of housing societies of the lowermiddle-class colony floated tenders and decided to award the contract to Keystone Reality,” he said. Earlier, the proposal did not take off since the state government insisted on the payment of stamp duty of over Rs180 crore. from Dadar killed his wife and then took his own life by consuming poison on Thursday, while their daughter was in college. The police said he took the extreme step due to being overwhelmed by debt. A case of accidental death has been registered and an investigation is on into the matter.

The Dadar police found a suicide note along with the bodies at their home in Kesri Patrawala Chawl in Dadar West this morning. Vinod Samjitkar(43), worked as a peon and his wife Shubhangi Samjitkar was a homemaker, said the police.

Police suspect that Vinod first strangled his wife and then con-

The matter came to light after his wife’s brother could not get in touch with her over the phone sumed poison, sometime before 11.30 am and after the daughter had left for college. “I had taken out many loans and was in immense debt. I killed my wife and am now taking my own life, as I am unable to repay what I owe.” Vinod said in his suicide note, written in Hindi.