The state government's Slum Rehabilitation Policy is catching the eye of realty players.
After a Mumbai-based realty firm, Akruti City, came forward to rehabilitate slum dwellers, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has received two more application from city-based realty firms.
Municipal commissioner, IP Gautam, said that HN Safal Realty Pvt Limited and another realty firm have shown interest in developing houses for slum dwellers.
They have also evinced interest in developing commercial area in slum pockets of city as per the state government's slum rehabilitation policy.
A senior official in the housing department said that they have received initial applications from the two firms showing interest in commencing the project.
"But as per the guidelines, the realtors will have to get consent from 75% of the slum dwellers," the official said.
He said after making the initial applications, no realtor has approached the civic body with the consent of 75% of the people of a given slum.
"If they do so we will allow them to choose the area and start the work in the slum pocket," he said.
Another senior official in the AMC said that one of the clauses in the policy is that a slum dweller should have been living in Gujarat for more than 25 years.
"Realtors are finding it difficult to adhere to this clause as many slum dwellers in the slum pocket may be new or may not be residing their since 25 years," he said.
Akruti City has already started a survey for its proposal for the development of slum pockets in Khokhra, Isanpur and Ramapir na Tekra.
Under the project around 5 plots in three slum pockets will be included if the project materialises. Total land under the five plots will be 5,88,213 square metre, if one goes by AMC record.
If sources are to be believed, around 9,120 tenement units will be constructed with 240 amenity units in the five pockets.
Each tenement unit will have a living room, bedroom, kitchen, wash room and balcony.
As per the policy, the government or the local body will identify the slum pockets and start projects under public private partnership for their development.
Government will sign pacts with private developers and allow them to build houses for slum dwellers.
In return, the developers will be provided land for commercial use at the same place and will also get additional transferable FSI that will also be used at developer's other location.
