Naiman, Navtej creator text xu| 2008 continuing ng p.29-34. The Maharashtra government has extended the transfer of development rights instrument - a market mechanism originally used to provide public amenities - for constructing houses for project-affected persons. Data indicates that a majority of these townships have come up in a city ward where many of the poor life. In a situation where the real estate market is driven by the profit motive, unregulated use of the TDR has the potential to cause further fragmentation of already socially and economically segregated urban spaces. - Reproduced. Housing - India - Maharashtra Housing Economic and Political Weekly 180718