MHADA will rebuild Raigad village destroyed in landslide: Minister Awhad

Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad on Saturday said MHADA would adopt and rebuild Taliye village in Raigad district, the site of a devastating landslide on Thursday from where 41 bodies have been recovered so far and search for several more missing continued.

He said Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority, a state-run entity tasked with overseeing mass housing, will redevelop the devastated area into a model village replete with well-built homes, schools, hospitals, places of worship etc. Awhad said his department was taking up this task on the directions of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP president Sharad Pawar.