Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Maharashtra DCM Sunetra Pawar Directs MHADA to Fast-Track Housing, Lottery
An important leader named Sunetra Pawar helps run a big place in India called Maharashtra.
She met with the people who build homes for everyone.
She told them to work faster so more people can get homes.
Many families want homes that do not cost too much money.
She asked the housing group to hold a big lottery to choose who gets the homes.
Homes that no one picked will be given to the next people who ask for them first.
She also wants safe places to stay for students and working women.
The housing group must build homes in towns like Shirur and Kharabwadi.
She said everything must be fair and clear so nobody cheats anyone out of their money.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar ordered immediate clearance of all pending MHADA housing proposals at a meeting in Pune.
A large-scale MHADA housing lottery will be announced soon and completed in a transparent, time-bound manner for affordable homes.
Tenements unsold after two or more lottery rounds will be sold on a 'First Come, First Served' basis so units do not remain vacant.
Administrative approvals were ordered for MHADA projects worth Rs 155.22 crore in Shirur and Rs 89.47 crore in Kharabwadi.
MHADA must provide working women's hostels and student dormitories on rent and formulate a policy against developers charging extra fees.
- Who
- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar, along with MHADA officials, the Pune Housing and Area Development Board and district collectors.
- What
- Directives to fast-track Pune housing projects, launch an affordable housing lottery soon, sell unsold tenements on a first-come, first-served basis, and add rental accommodation for students and working women.
- When
- Wednesday, at a review meeting held at the Sahyadri Guest House.
- Where
- Sahyadri Guest House, Pune, covering housing projects in Pune and Sangli districts of Maharashtra.
- Why
- To make affordable homes available to common citizens, prevent housing units from remaining vacant, and protect beneficiaries from financial exploitation by developers.
- Official
- Sunetra Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Meeting venue
- Sahyadri Guest House, Pune
- Housing lottery
- To be announced soon; transparent and time-bound process
- Unsold tenements
- Sold on 'First Come, First Served' basis after two or more lottery rounds
- Project approvals
- Rs 155.22 crore (Shirur) and Rs 89.47 crore (Kharabwadi)
- Accommodation initiatives
- Working women's hostels and student dormitories on rental basis
- Dapodi housing project
- Approximately 8,000 to 10,000 homes
- Land transfer (Miraj)
- Two hectares to MHADA under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)