‘This is a Koliwada and we are not encroachers’

As BMC sends notice to 12 Mahim homes asking them to demolish half their tiny properties, shocked residents demand a better plan

The BMC, which has started the work to replace the 180-year-old Mahim Causeway bridge, has sent notices to 12 houses in Mahim Koliwada, asking them to demolish half of their already tiny homes at their own cost for the project. The move has invited flak from locals who live in 100-150 sq ft homes. Bharti Tailor, a widow who lives with her 9-year-old daughter and sister Sandhya Uprolkar, said, “We received a notice on August 1. Our home is already too small. How will we live if we cut it in half?”

https://www.mid-day.com/amp/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-this-is-a-koliwada-and-we-are-not-encroachers-23240062

Source: The Free Press Journal

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