For the first time in the history of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), authorities of its Konkan Board would be coming up with a lottery for over 5,000 affordable housing units in Virar (East) in 2014. The important feature of this project is that all the units are being constructed on a 43-hectare plot.

Earlier, the MHADA had decided to release just 2,500 housing units for the lottery. Confirming the development, a MHADA official said, “The Konkan board of MHADA has decided to come up with a lottery for over 5,000 affordable houses in Boling area in Virar (East) by mid-2014. This will be for the first time in the history of MHADA that houses released will be constructed at one place.”