High time to undertake slum redevelopment in professional manner: HC to Maha govt

It is high time that Maharashtra government and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) devise a mechanism to ensure slum redevelopment schemes are undertaken in a "professional and time-bound manner", the Bombay High Court has observed.

Weeding away
The high court, dismissing the petition, said, "In the present case, the slum dwellers since 1997 have nurtured an unfulfilled dream to be rehabilitated with a permanent roof over their head and to live in human conditions."