By participating in the RTC Urban Redevelopment Conference organized by ‘Loksatta’, I got the opportunity to brainstorm on various aspects of redevelopment in Mumbai and Maharashtra.

Or Councilor, Deputy Chief Minister and Housing Minister of Maharashtra, Hon. Mister. Eknath Shinde was prominently present in Labhli. In the presence of eminent experts in the field of housing construction and redevelopment, important discussions were held on the challenges, problems and practical solutions to the redevelopment process.

The role of redevelopment is very important to meet the increasing housing demand in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and other cities of the state. While redeveloping old buildings, it is necessary to balance the interests of citizens, safety, modern infrastructure and environmental sustainability. In my view, redevelopment does not just mean raising new buildings from old buildings; Modern cities should be built which provide safe, quality and respectable standard of living to the citizens. Such brainstorming will definitely reveal new ways and effective solutions to achieve planned and sustainable development of Mumbai and Maharashtra.

At this time, Loksatta editor Girish Kuber, SRH administrative director Mahendra Kalyankar, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Kailash Shinde, Sidcoche Shantanu Goyal, Mumbai Municipal Corporation Sunil Rathod and developers and their representatives would have been present.