Updated On: 24 February, 2026 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Ritika Gondhalekar
As Elphinstone residents face relocation, official says they are being given flats worth nearly three times their surrendered shops; but families fear losing livelihoods even if property values rise

Plot 3/51 at Lalbaug’s Chivda Galli in Parel, an address residents said they were unable to trace while verifying MMRDA’s transit housing list. File Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Residents facing displacement from the Elphinstone redevelopment zone have alleged financial loss and unfair rehabilitation terms, but Additional Collector Shivaji Davbhat has defended the process, saying the flats being offered are significantly more valuable than the properties surrendered and that authorities are working to ensure no beneficiary is treated unfairly.
Residents
>> Shops taken, homes given
>> Loss of income feared