BMC demolished 14 structures of a chawl near JP Road junction in Andheri West for road widening. The part of SV Road will be widened by 25 feet. Mumbai: For erstwhile Gokhale road commuters, the travel from Jogeshwari towards Vile Parle will be made easy, as an entire chawl abutting SV Road near JP Road junction in Andheri West was demolished by the BMC on Wednesday
Fourteen ground-plus-one structures of a chawl, which created a traffic bottleneck were razed for road widening near JP Road junction of SV Road. civic official from K west ward “It was a mix of residential and commercial structures. We demolished eight structures, which were not eligible. We will accommodate commercial establishments in the nearby municipal market based on Kurar pattern and those who are fully affected, will be given alternate accommodation,”
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Source: Hindustan Times