To bring transparency in the process of redevelopment or self-development of Mumbai’s old buildings, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to start a new web-based programme for applications during redevelopment, and to facilitate interactions between housing societies, developers, consultants, financial institutions, the BMC’s own departments, other statutory authorities, and citizens. This will ease the redevelopment process for more than 25,000 eligible buildings across the city.

The portal includes GIS visualisation and AI-based decision support for feasibility assessment of the building’s redevelopment. This will make it easier for citizens and cooperative housing societies opting for self-redevelopment, as their dependency on market evaluations can decrease, and they can authenticate their project’s feasibility index for redevelopment on the BMC’s website itself.