Mill workers allowed to rent out their MHADA flats

The Maharashtra government has decided to allow mill workers to give their MHADA flats on rent, which would enable them to repay their loan, minister of state for housing Sachin Ahir said on Friday.

"We have decided to allow mill workers to give flats allotted to them on rent. This will help them repay their loan in time," Ahir said. However, he said that this would only be applicable to workers of defunct textile mills and not to other citizens.

The state government recently allotted low-cost houses to mill workers through a computerised lottery system which benefitted as many as 6,925 workers. The mill workers have been continuing their struggle to get flats of their own for the past thirty years.