Nagpur, Dec. 11 -- Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday announced that a separate regulatory framework will be created to free Mumbai from the pagdi system in the Legislative Assembly and to ensure fair and proper redevelopment of pagdi buildings, a press release from the CM's Secretariat said.

Deputy CM Shinde also stated that the rights of both tenants and landlords will be protected.

Addressing the Assembly, he said that more than 19,000 cess buildings are known as pagdi buildings. These are pre-1960 buildings. Some of these buildings have already been redeveloped; some have deteriorated and collapsed; and more than 13,000 buildings are still awaiting redevelopment.

The tenants in these buildings are protected under the M...