Motilal Nagar is spread over 142 acres of land, and there are three different parts in it. According to Nilesh Prabhu, Joint Secretary of Motilal Nagar Vikas Samiti, around 1960's the then Prime Minister of the country Jawaharlal Nehru visited here and handed over the first key to a resident and named the area as Motilal Nagar, since then this huge parcel of land located in Goregaon West was called as Motilal Nagar. According to residents of Motilal Nagar, since the start, the homes provided to them were that were self-contained, which means toilets and bathrooms were inside the house, not a common one. According to an earlier report in DNA, to rehabilitate these existing residents, MHADA will require around 18 lakh sq ft of land. The total expense that MHADA foresees for redeveloping Motilal Nagar and for constructing homes meant for sale, is around Rs 5,000 crore.

Source: dna May 09, 2019 00:33 UTC