After weeks of mounting pressure and a prolonged hunger strike by residents, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday reviewed the long-pending issues surrounding the Patra Chawl redevelopment project in Goregaon. Following assurances from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde and based on the Bombay High Court’s (HC’s) directions, residents who had been on a 50-day hunger strike over their demands called off their protest and agreed to move into the flats.   

The high-level meeting, convened by the Housing Department, was chaired by Shinde at Mantralaya. It comes in response to assurances made in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and growing unrest among residents over the condition of rehabilitated flats.