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Mumbai: This road will fly in the face of reason
Updated On: 14 June, 2023 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Bakulesh Trivedi
Dy CM tells civic body to explore elevated road just to spare 350-shanty slum in Kandivli
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The slum in Singh Estate
An MLA from Kandivli East—Prakash Surve—has come up with an inspired solution to the question of how to widen a narrow road in Singh Estate without demolishing 314 houses. The solution? Build an elevated road. The residents of Singh Estate on Akurli Road in Kandivli East have been opposing the demolition of their settlements to widen the stretch for a while.
The locality is situated in Gokul village while the road in question is 300 metres long from the additional commissioner of police office chowk to the Mahindra company office to Akurli Road. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been wanting to widen the stretch to 120 feet. The avoid irking local residents and prevent razing homes, Prakash Surve, a Shiv Sena MLA from the Shinde faction, proposed the construction of the elevated road.
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