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Mumbai: Century-old bakery sparks health crisis in Byculla's Madanpura
Updated On: 02 December, 2023 07:09 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Residents of the area face health issues owing to bakery’s chimney emissions, seeking BMC intervention for years
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Central Bakery located in Byculla
Since 2016, Shahid Sheikh, a 50-year-old resident of Byculla`s Madanpura, has been tirelessly pursuing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials to address the overwhelming smoke emitting from a century-old bakery`s chimney within his building. His family of five blames this smoke for worsening his father`s tuberculosis, leading to his demise in 2018.
Sheikh, grappling with diabetes himself, narrated their three-generation stay in a ground-plus-one-floor building. In the early 2000s, a Central Bakery on the ground floor took ownership, exacerbating the smoke issue. "It was always there, but the situation escalated when the bakery installed a second fireplace," Sheikh said.
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