India, April 11 -- Families of 83 residents of two chawls in Prabhadevi -- Laxmi Nivas and Haji Noorani -- which stand at two ends of the Elphinstone flyover, are likely to receive between Rs.30 lakh and Rs.1.10 crore from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) ahead of its plans to demolish the flyover to make way for the two-level Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector.

It is the first time that MMRDA has offered project affected people (PAPs) a choice between monetary gain and rehabilitation. The reason behind this move, HT has learnt, is the paucity of space to rehabilitate the residents when their homes will be demolished to facilitate the new project. The nature of compensation, depending on the area of the residences...