The state government is under pressure from the Centre to stay the release of 2,177 hectares of saltpan land in Mumbai for redevelopment, fearing it would lead to trouble in the flood-prone city.
The state government had planned to give this land to private developers for slum rehabilitation projects in lieu of incentives.
Sources in the ministry of urban development told DNA,
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/after-airport-centre-questions-development-saltpan-land-mumbai
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-analysis-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-transport
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/salt
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/development
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/slums
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-development
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
