India, Nov. 3 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will hand over keys to 557 flats in the BDD Chawl redevelopment project at Lower Parel on November 6, marking the first phase of rehabilitation at the site.

Eligible residents, many of whom have lived in 160 sq ft rooms for generations, will receive 500 sq ft two-bedroom flats free of cost, said a spokesperson for the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada), which is implementing the project through its vertical, the Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board.

The keys to the flats will be handed over at a ceremony at the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Nariman Point on November 6, with deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar, and other state ministers also ...