Maharashtra appeals to realtors to help vaccinate slum tenants

MUMBAI: The state housing department has asked builders and developers to chip in to get tenants of their Mhada and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes vaccinated and to pay for them besides for construction workers.
Housing minister Jitendra Awhad recently met builders and developers and urged them to vaccinate workers and tenants of their ongoing Mhada and SRA projects. “I have made an appeal to Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) all developers in SRA and Mhada to get the vaccination done as a social duty. Already, many developers have agreed,” Awhad said.
SRA estimates have it that the city has 12.50 lakh slums with 62 lakh residents.
Rajesh Jain of Numec Group, which has SRA projects in the city, said builders would come forward. “But there should be guidelines and we will need support of corporators. We are taking an initiative to vaccinate workers,” he said.
“Credai-MCHI, through its 1800-plus developers, will manage free vaccination for over 2 lakh workers. We are in talks with 15-20 hospitals...,” said Deepak Goradia, President, Credai-MCHI.