As per a RTI application filed by activist Anil Galgali it was revealed that 56 per cent posts of ‘Shivshahi Punarvasan Prakalp Limited’ (SPPL) an agency responsible for rehabilitation of all project-affected people across Mumbai is lying vacant. SPPL was incorporated as a limited company on 25th September 1998, during the last stint of the erstwhile Shiv Sena-BJP government. Thousands of project displaced families did get tenements in SPPL buildings at Mankhurd and other places.
At present, SPPL shows 73 posts on its record, out of these only 32 posts have been filled and 41 remain vacant. Posts that are yet to be filled include Joint Managing Director, Surveyor, Superintendent, Accountant, Public Relation Officer, Deputy Chief Engineer, Asst. Engineer, Jr. Engineer, Technical Assistant, Architect, Social Welfare Officer, Selection grade Steno and Xerox operator. Public Information officer and Assistant Manager (Administration) Sugandha has shared details of these vacancies. Out of 11 posts of Deputy Social Officer only four have been filled whereas all four posts of stenos lie vacant.
Galgali had also sought information about officials working on contract or on deputation for SPPL. However such information has not been collated yet.
The State Government is planning to offer loan to builders for construction of houses under SPPL. There is also a proposal to sell low cost houses to public through open lottery. Galgali has written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Housing Minister Prakash Mehta to promptly fill up the vacancies for providing affordable houses to people.
