India, April 9 -- CREDAI-MCHI, an apex body of real estate developers, and the Practising Engineers, Architects, and Town Planners Association (PEATA) have urged Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who also heads the housing ministry, to immediately restore online access to essential property and layout databases that have recently gone offline, a joint statement issued by CREDAI-MCHI and PEATA said on April 8.

The CREDAI-MCHI said in a statement that the appeal was being made for Mumbai's citizens, homebuyers, and urban development professionals.

According to the developers, the data was earlier available on the website of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), and the district collector's official...