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Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has started issuing transferable development rights (TDR) certificates to private landowners whose plots were encroached by slum dwellers. The initiative, guided by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, makes Nagpur the first city in Maharashtra to implement such a scheme. Landowners can monetise their rights through TDR sales, while slum families will soon receive government-approved leases. The move settles decades of disputes, provides legal and financial relief to property owners and residents, and follows the broader TDR practices used in Maharashtra's urban redevelopment.
Nagpur has become the first city in Maharashtra where landowners of encroached plots have been formally compensated with transferable development rights (TDR) certificates. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) began distribution on Tuesday, handing over certificates to 19 private landholders from mouza Babulkheda. The scheme is being implemented under the guidance of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Advertisement
The initiative addresses long-standing conflicts where private land remained occupied by informal settlements. Landowners were unable to develop or sell their plots, while residents lacked legal documentation to claim housing rights. Under the scheme, landowners receive TDR certificates that can be sold in the open market for financial compensation. Simultaneously, slum residents are provided government-approved leases, giving them long-term legal security.
Municipal commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari handed over the first set of certificates at a brief ceremony attended by deputy commissioner Milind Meshram, town planner Rituraj Jadhav, and CDSF head Leena Buddhe. Of 43 private plots in Babulkheda and an 8-acre parcel owned by Indraprastha Society, 19 individual landowners and the society have now received proportional TDR allotments. Remaining landowners will be able to apply in the coming weeks.
The Ramteke Nagar area has housed slum clusters for decades. NMC plans to acquire the land through TDR, register it under the civic body's name, and then grant permanent leases to residents. CM Fadnavis is expected to formally distribute these leases, providing thousands of families with legal housing rights for the first time.
TDRs have been widely used in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai, to facilitate urban redevelopment. Typically, developers receive TDRs as compensation when they surrender part of their land for public projects or infrastructure upgrades. Nagpur's initiative is unique because it directly compensates original landowners whose land was encroached, creating a first-of-its-kind framework that balances property rights with social housing needs.
This move offers landowners financial settlement while giving slum residents formal housing rights, addressing a decades-old deadlock and setting an example for other cities in the state.
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