The Bombay High Court on Thursday continued till November 15, it's order directing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which was carrying out demolitions in the Garib Nagar slums in Bandra (E), to maintain status quo for a week.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday continued till November 15, it's order directing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which was carrying out demolitions in the Garib Nagar slums in Bandra (E), to maintain status quo for a week.
A division bench of Justice Vasanti Naik and Justice Riyaz Chagla have tagged the petition filed by local resident Nilofer Qureshi along with other petitions filed challenging demolition drive along the Tansa Pipeline.
Recently, a major fire that erupted during a court-ordered demolition drive by the BMC to clear shanties falling in the buffer zone of the Tansa pipeline.
Qureshi, who sought permission for the reconstruction of her shanty, claiming it was built prior to 1995. The plea also claimed that the corporation had carried out the demolition action without notice.
However, senior advocate Anil Sakhare and advocate Joel Carlos opposed the plea on grounds that the demolition is in pursuance of the High Court order passed a few years back, ordering the removal of slums along the pipelines in phases. Accordingly, the slum tenements totalling around 325 were removed in phase II and phase III.
The court on last hearing accepted the statement, and refusing to grant interim relief for the redevelopment of demolished shanties. Train services were affected on the Harbour line between Bandra and Andheri stations as slum dwellers spilled onto the tracks after a massive fire broke out in Garib Nagar slums in Bandra East.
The incident, which took place during a demolition drive ordered by the Bombay High Court, saw slum dwellers getting their furniture, TV sets, refrigerators, sewing machines and even gas cylinders onto the railway tracks and platforms 6 and 7 of Bandra station, blocking the fifth line meant for long-distance trains, and also the Up Harbour line towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
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