MUMBAI: Twenty-five constructions in Sion, which area Partition refugees from Pakistan, are in a dilapidated situation and the lives of 6,000 individuals are in peril, the BMC instructed the Bombay top court on Monday.
The corporation, which desires to demolish these constructions, had moved for an urgent hearing of the application sooner than a department bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla. The bench is hearing a petition filed through the citizens opposing the demolition. The litigants are searching for directives to the state to frame a redevelopment proposal for the constructions. The bench has scheduled the plea for additional hearing on Tuesday.
"The technical advisory committee (TAC) has conducted all the necessary tests to check the structural stability of the buildings. In its report the panel has said that the buildings are in a dilapidated condition and may collapse without warning," stated BMC counsel Dhruti Kapadia. "Not only the lives of around 6,000 persons who reside in these buildings, but also that of passers-by are in danger if the structures collapse. Due to the monsoon, the corporation wants to evacuate the residents and demolish the buildings at the earliest," the suggest instructed the court.
The constructions, in Sardar Colony in Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, have been constructed in the overdue 1950s on land belonging to the state govt to house refugees who had come from Pakistan in 1947. The families were given legal ownership of the flats. In 2015, the BMC had declared the constructions as unsafe and initiated court cases to demolish them.
Earlier this yr in April, the TAC submitted its file and on May 7, the BMC issued demolition notices. A vacation bench of the HC in an intervening time order had restrained the BMC from taking coercive steps. "The occupation of the (building) shall be at their own risk and the petitioners, not the corporation, shall be liable for any criminal action taken for loss of life due to the collapse of the building," a bench of the HC had stated.
Vijay Punjab housing society, the petitioner representing one of the vital constructions, have blamed the Maharashtra govt over its indecision on the redevelopment of the constructions. According to the petitioner, in earlier rounds of litigation in 2014 and 2015, the state had many times confident the courts that it will get a hold of a policy to redevelop the constructions, but had failed to take action.
The corporation, which desires to demolish these constructions, had moved for an urgent hearing of the application sooner than a department bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Riyaz Chagla. The bench is hearing a petition filed through the citizens opposing the demolition. The litigants are searching for directives to the state to frame a redevelopment proposal for the constructions. The bench has scheduled the plea for additional hearing on Tuesday.
"The technical advisory committee (TAC) has conducted all the necessary tests to check the structural stability of the buildings. In its report the panel has said that the buildings are in a dilapidated condition and may collapse without warning," stated BMC counsel Dhruti Kapadia. "Not only the lives of around 6,000 persons who reside in these buildings, but also that of passers-by are in danger if the structures collapse. Due to the monsoon, the corporation wants to evacuate the residents and demolish the buildings at the earliest," the suggest instructed the court.
The constructions, in Sardar Colony in Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, have been constructed in the overdue 1950s on land belonging to the state govt to house refugees who had come from Pakistan in 1947. The families were given legal ownership of the flats. In 2015, the BMC had declared the constructions as unsafe and initiated court cases to demolish them.
Earlier this yr in April, the TAC submitted its file and on May 7, the BMC issued demolition notices. A vacation bench of the HC in an intervening time order had restrained the BMC from taking coercive steps. "The occupation of the (building) shall be at their own risk and the petitioners, not the corporation, shall be liable for any criminal action taken for loss of life due to the collapse of the building," a bench of the HC had stated.
Vijay Punjab housing society, the petitioner representing one of the vital constructions, have blamed the Maharashtra govt over its indecision on the redevelopment of the constructions. According to the petitioner, in earlier rounds of litigation in 2014 and 2015, the state had many times confident the courts that it will get a hold of a policy to redevelop the constructions, but had failed to take action.
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