The Maharashtra government will take back the decision taken in 2016 to allot the houses measuring 160 sq ft each to be given to mill workers in Mumbai, state housing minister Jitendra Awhad told the Legislative Council.

The minister also said the money paid by mill workers towards the purchase of these houses will be returned with the interest. The government will give new flats to mill workers when they will become available with MHADA. Awhad was responding to a question raised by Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap.