India, Sept. 18 -- Around 675 tenants of the Century Mills compound in Lower Parel, who now live in cramped 180-sq-ft rooms and were earlier asked to vacate, are set to receive 405-sq-ft flats under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) cluster redevelopment policy. The civic body plans to invite e-tenders by the end of September for the redevelopment of 476 tenants residing on BMC-owned land.

A civic official from the estate department confirmed, "On the BMC plot there are 476 tenements and ten shops. The remaining area falls under the ownership of Century Mills." The official added that once Century Mills hands over the adjoining plot, all 23 buildings in the compound will be redeveloped. "One entire building and some shops ar...