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Mumbai: Row over key Mulund pedestrian stretch
Updated On: 01 March, 2023 05:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
BMC wants to demolish 17 structures on narrow road; litigator says he owns land since 1949; shopkeepers say they have been here for over three decades
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The shops that BMC plans to demolish, outside Mulund railway station. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
The civic body is preparing to demolish 17 shops along the road to railway station in Mulund West for a road-widening project and to provide relief to the pedestrians, officials said on Tuesday. A local resident claimed that the land is his ancestral property, but the BMC has the approval of the HC.
T Ward officials on Saturday gave the shop owners 48 hours to vacate and move to one of the alternative options, however, they have not abided by the notice. The BMC told the owners they can move their shops to any of the six locations in Mulund.
“We have requested protection from the Mulund police and are awaiting their approval. Once we have the protection, the demolition work will start. We are hoping to carry out the work on Thursday or on Friday,” a civic official said. The 17 shops are at the junction of JSD Road, where Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) Road connects. Plan is afoot to demolish other shops along SVP Road, civic officials said.
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