India, Aug. 15 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday urged the residents of the redeveloped BDD Chawls not to sell their new homes and instead pass them on to the next generation as they would with gold.

Speaking at an event in Matunga where keys to new 500 sq ft homes in a 40-storey high-rise built on prime real estate were handed to the former residents of 160 sq ft tenements at BDD Chawl in Worli, Fadnavis said that the project, along with the redevelopment of Dharavi, would change the quality of life in Mumbai.

After handing over the keys to 16 of the 556 residents who are getting new homes, Fadnavis said that giving ownership flats to BDD Chawl residents is the beginning of the fulfilment of Mumbaikars' dream of getting h...