MHADA Starts Biometric Survey of City's Transit Camps

The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) on Monday launched a drive to conduct a biometric survey of transit camps across the city and its suburbs to ascertain eligible and illegal occupants.

- Ateeq Shaikh

MUMBAI:

The process started a year after the Maharashtra government directed the agency to conduct a biometric survey in its 20,700 transit camp units, as reported by Hindustan Times in February 2024.

On Monday, the first day of the survey, 195 tenants and residents of Chembur's Sahakar Nagar transit camp completed the biometric registration process. The process was conducted by MHADA's Mumbai Buildings Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MBRRB), which oversees 34 transit camps in the island city and its suburbs.