India, July 12 -- A day after the Maharashtra legislature gave MHADA the legal authority to redevelop old and dilapidated cessed buildings, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday urged the chief minister to halt the eviction notices served on tenants living in the 13,000-odd such buildings and direct MHADA to register the tenants to protect their rights over their homes.

Amendments to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (MHADA) Act were passed in both houses of the state legislature on Friday, paving the way for the redevelopment of the 13,000-odd dilapidated buildings in Mumbai. The buildings will be reconstructed through the Mumbai Building Repairs and Reconstruction Board, an arm of the housing body.

The redeve...