Mumbai: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has initiated the tender process for appointment of an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for the redevelopment of the PMGP Colony located at Poonam Nagar, Jogeshwari (East). The colony, originally constructed under the Prime Minister's Grant Project (PMGP), has remained in a dilapidated condition for many years.
The Poonam Nagar PMGP Colony, spread across approximately 27,625 square metres, will be redeveloped through MHADA by appointing an EPC contractor. As part of this redevelopment project, around 984 families will be rehabilitated into modern housing units.
This colony, constructed between 1990 and 1992 under the Prime Minister's Grant Project, consists of 17 buildings of ground plus four storeys. The colony houses 942 residential and 42 non-residential tenements. According to a structural audit report, these buildings are in a severely dilapidated condition.
Under this redevelopment initiative, residents will be provided with modern homes of 450 square feet carpet area in lieu of their existing 180 square feet units. This project will be completed within three and a half years. The project is being undertaken by the Mumbai Board of MHADA.
In 2010, the housing societies within the Poonam Nagar PMGP Colony had appointed a developer to implement the redevelopment project. However, due to prolonged inaction by the said developer, the project was delayed for years, and the buildings continued to deteriorate.
As a result, the housing societies submitted representations to the government, requesting that MHADA take over the execution of the project. In response to the residents appeals, the government cancelled the developer's appointment on 15 December 2020 and directed MHADA to implement the redevelopment.
In line with these directions, the tripartite agreement with the previously appointed developer was cancelled on 20 June 2022. On 2 November 2023, a revised proposal to undertake cluster redevelopment through the appointment of a private Construction and Development Agency (C&DA) by MHADA was submitted to the government. However, the government decided to revise the proposal and implement the project under Regulation 33(5).
Following the government's approval, tenders were issued by the Mumbai Board of MHADA on 2 July 2024 and 6 September 2024. These tenders did not receive any responses. In view of this, a proposal to implement the project directly through MHADA was submitted to the government on 4 April 2025.
Based on the government's approval received on 28 May 2025, the tender process for the appointment of an EPC contractor was published on the official website on 16 June 2025. The last date for submission of bids for this project is 7 July 2025.
