Days after the Maharashtra Budget increased MLAs’ funds from the existing ₹4 crore to ₹5 crore, the State government on Thursday announced it would build 300 homes for MLAs who have no residence in Mumbai.
Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad made the announcement in the State Assembly. He said that the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) will be constructing the flats for the MLAs in Mumbai’s western suburb of Goregaon. “MHADA already has the possession of a plot in the Goregaon area and we will soon build 300 high income group flats, which will be given to MLAs,” he said.
Mr. Awhad clarified that MLAs from Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) would not be eligible for these apartments and only legislators who did not have a house in Mumbai could benefit from them.