India, June 17 -- As many as 86 slum rehabilitation projects that had stalled for years will restart, with the state government deciding to appoint fresh developers to see them through. The decision, taken at a review meeting on Monday, on pending projects under the Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA), will positively impact lakhs of slum-dwellers, including 50,000-odd who had shifted to temporary accommodation but had stopped receiving rent from builders who were to execute their projects.

The issue of stalled SRA projects and slum-dwellers who had stopped receiving rent from developers was raised during the budget session of the state legislature during. The Bombay High Court had in June last year pulled up the state government and SRA ...