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Repairs of tenanted buildings being stalled in Borivli: MP writes to CM Shinde
Updated On: 16 September, 2022 08:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
Landlords, developers and BMC officials conniving to force tenants out of their homes for decades, Gopal Shetty writes to Eknath Shinde
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A dilapidated building in Borivli. When dilapidated tenanted buildings are vacated, the tenants lose their bargaining power. Representation pic
A nexus between builders, landlords and BMC officials are stalling the repairs and redevelopment of dilapidated tenanted buildings in the suburbs, BJP Member of Parliament Gopal Shetty has alleged in a letter to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Tenanted buildings are owned by private persons where residents pay a nominal rent or pagdi. While the law allows the tenants to redevelop or repair the buildings, arm-twisting tactics are deployed to dissuade them from going ahead.
In his letter to the CM, Shetty said the inhabitants of tenanted buildings do not get permission to repair their dilapidated buildings. “Landlords with the help of developers and civic officials are not allowing repair of the building. Instead, the unholy nexus is ensuring that old buildings are declared dilapidated and subsequently vacated,” Shetty wrote in the letter.
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