Bombay high court on Thursday paved the way for redevelopment of a large swathe of 141 acres of Mhada land in Goregaon (west), known as Motilal Nagar. The court disposed of a PILfiled in 2013 against the rampant illegal construction in the colony. The PIL said authorities were not taking action against rampant unauthorised horizontal and vertical constructions in the colonies that originally housed 400 tenants, mostly row houses. The developer will bear all costs, including costs for transit and rehabilitation of eligible tenements, shops, slum dwellers, and other amenities. In Dec 2021, TOI reported that only three construction firms, Adani, L&T and Naman Developers, submitted bids to redevelop MotilAl Nagar, touted as the city’s largest housing project. In 2018, MhADA said the estimated project cost was Rs 21,000 crore, according to a report in TOI. The housing authority accepted the housing authority’s stand to ensuring rehabilitation through a bidding process.