India, Feb. 11 -- The Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) is scouting to increase its land bank and will soon acquire 20 acres of land in Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur and Pune districts. According to MHADA officials, the scarcity of land availability in Pune has led to the authority scouting for land in the peripheral districts of the district. The MHADA is all set to acquire a 3.50-acre Kolhapur plot soon while discussions for buyout and acquisition for other plots in different districts are in progress.

According to MHADA, a search for a five-acre plot near Satara city is in progress, eight to ten acres of land in Solapur where the old police line area is slated to be demolished and reconstructed again. Similarl...