India, Jan. 6 -- The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) plans to conduct a structural audit of all 13,091 cessed buildings in the city prior to the 2026 monsoon, sources in the housing authority told Hindustan Times.

"We usually survey only a fraction of the cessed buildings before issuing a list of dangerous and dilapidated buildings ahead of every monsoon. But this year, we are hoping to survey all the cessed buildings," said a Mhada official, requesting anonymity.

The decision comes in the midst of the housing authority urging landowners and tenants of cessed buildings to redevelop their structures city, alongside initiating measures to acquire redevelopment rights.

All cessed buildings in the city come under...