Slumdog' child stars to get Govt flats in Mumbai

Slumdog' child stars to get Govt flats in Mumbai

India. (Mumbai)Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has decided to provide Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who have featured in Oscar winning `Slumdog Millionaire', one flat each from his discretionary quota, the Mumbai Congress said tonight. Chavan's decision comes hours after Mumbai Congress President Kripashankar Singh made an appeal to the CM for providing homes to the two slum kids, party's city unit spokesman Krishna Hegde said here.

Hegde is also a board member of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), the state government agency that constructs low-cost houses. Rubina and Azharuddin, who have played the roles of Latika and Jamal respectively in the Danny Boyle-directed film, are currently living in Garibnagar, a slum locality in suburban Bandra.