We’re talking 2,167 hectares of salt pan land scattered over parts of the Island city and it’s far-flung suburbs. Now they are being mde available for development. You’d think this would have an effect on the unreal prices of real estate. Check out what’s happening in the fancy townships of Wadala. A High Court order asking the Union Government. not to create any legal obstructions for the developers has given them a breather, but everyone knows there’s no such thing as a free lunch. If you want an apartment in Mumbai, you pay. The only ones who don’t are encroachers, pavement and slum dwellers.