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MMRDA Launches e-Punarvasan, Gives 94 Garib Nagar Families Possession Letters
MMRDA has created a new computer system called e-Punarvasan.
It is designed to help people affected by development projects receive rehabilitation homes.
The system keeps information together instead of using many separate paper and spreadsheet records.
Officials can check identity, electricity bills and other documents online.
Eligible families can be entered into a computerised lottery for available homes.
The system then creates allotment and possession letters digitally.
On October 1, 2026, 94 eligible families from Garib Nagar received possession letters.
Officials said the system should make the process clearer, more traceable and less dependent on intermediaries.
MMRDA operationalised its integrated digital rehabilitation system, e-Punarvasan, on October 1, 2026.
Possession letters were issued to 94 eligible Garib Nagar slum dwellers.
The system connects surveys, Aadhaar verification, electricity-bill checks, eligibility processing and tenement allotment.
Eligible Project Affected Persons will receive tenements through a computerised e-Lottery without human intervention.
MMRDA said digital records, QR-linked documents and dashboards will improve transparency and monitoring.
- Who
- The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and eligible Project Affected Persons, including 94 Garib Nagar families.
- What
- MMRDA launched e-Punarvasan and issued possession letters to 94 eligible slum dwellers.
- Where
- Mumbai, including the Garib Nagar rehabilitation area.
- When
- October 1, 2026.
- Why
- To make rehabilitation verification, allotment and possession more transparent, traceable and digitally integrated.
Key facts
- System
- e-Punarvasan, an integrated digital Rehabilitation and Resettlement system.
- Implementing authority
- Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
- Beneficiaries
- 94 eligible slum dwellers from Garib Nagar received possession letters.
- Launch date
- October 1, 2026.
- Verification tools
- Aadhaar OVSE verification, online electricity-bill verification, Joint Verification and Annexure II.
- Allotment method
- A computerised e-Lottery selects tenements from available inventory without human intervention.
- Digital features
- QR-linked documents, beneficiary thumb impressions, live photographs, MIS reports and a management dashboard.
Quotes
Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
“Rehabilitation is not merely about allotting a tenement; it is about ensuring that every Project Affected Person receives what they are entitled to through a fair, transparent and dignified process.”
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“Project Affected Persons should not have to depend on intermediaries or face uncertainty in securing the rehabilitation to which they are entitled.”
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