Nearly a month since Husaini Building, the 117-year-old ground-plus-six storey building at Bhendi Bazar, crashed on August 31, the state government has formed a committee of MLAs to speed up the process of redeveloping cessed and non-cessed buildings under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), especially in south Mumbai. Now, MIM MLA Warris Pathan, one of the members, has sought relaxation in the compulsory open space norm from the state government. Significantly, Pathan is an MLA from Byculla, which is home to several old and dilapidated structures.

Pathan says the SC rule is hampering redevelopment works