India, Feb. 27 -- In a shift from building highways and flyovers to rebuilding neighbourhoods, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has set up a specialised slum implementation unit to drive 45 slum redevelopment projects across Mumbai as part of the state's "Slum Free Mumbai" mission.

The state-owned corporation, best known for executing major road and expressway projects, has been brought into the housing sector to ensure time-bound completion of large, stalled or complex slum schemes. Under the mandate given by the Maharashtra government, MSRDC will redevelop 97.713 acres spanning 24,226 slum tenements across key pockets of the city.

The projects are spread across Wadala, Sion, Vile Parle, Bandra, Ghatkopar, Ant...