THANE: Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday urged residents to support the city’s cluster redevelopment model, highlighting its wider eligibility, larger homes, and better amenities compared to conventional rehabilitation schemes like the SRA.Speaking at an event in Thane on Saturday evening, Shinde drew a comparison between the SRA and the cluster redevelopment scheme, saying that while ground-floor residents were excluded under SRA norms, the cluster model includes them, along with absorbing applicants registered as recently as 2022. “This addresses concerns of families left out of earlier cut-off dates,” he added.He noted that as the cluster redevelopment project enabled larger planning areas, it allowed for more civic amenities like wider roads, open spaces, gardens, hospitals, parking facilities, and clubhouses that typical SRA projects may not be able to accommodate. The flats under the cluster scheme will be bigger, self-contained, and provided in-situ, ensuring residents remain within their neighbourhoods, he said.“The cluster model removes all limitations of SRA and is designed to provide good-quality, amenity-rich homes. There are few ongoing multi-storey constructions in the city under the scheme, which demonstrates our commitment to high-quality housing,” Shinde said, urging residents not to fall prey to opposition forces attempting to derail the initiative.
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