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Locals irate after BMC starts razing Powai slum, 15 hurt in stone pelting
Updated On: 07 June, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Residents claim civic body issued eviction notice only 3 days ago, ask how they will find new home as monsoon looms
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The settlement at Jai Bhim Nagar in Powai where the demolition drive was held on Thursday. Pics/Kirti Surve Parade
Fifteen policemen, five civic engineers and an equal number of labourers were injured on Thursday after slum dwellers allegedly started pelting stones when the BMC began demolishing alleged encroachments at Jai Bhim Nagar in Powai. Locals claim the police had lathi-charged them first.
Darshan Kamble, a resident of Jai Bhim Nagar, said, “We have been living here for almost 25 years. We have been fighting a case against BMC for a long time. Though it is pending in the Bombay High Court, the BMC issued an eviction notice on June 3 ordering the demolition of our colony.”
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