Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has urged the government to explore including tenants on upper floors of slum structures under SRA schemes, warning that ignoring them during ground-floor demolitions could lead to new shanty settlements and hinder Mumbai’s slum-free goal

The issue was raised by several legislators in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, who highlighted that many residents in the city have been living on the first floors of slum structures for several decades and could be left out of redevelopment benefits under the current policy