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Mumbai: ‘We may soon have to sleep on the footpath’
Updated On: 13 August, 2023 04:29 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
The multi-crore housing scam in Vasai-Virar has opened a can of worms, shining a spotlight on cases of unauthorised construction in several townships outside Mumbai. The biggest sufferers, though, are the middle class home-buyers who now stand to lose their homes and hard-earned savings
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Shruti Santosh Patil, a resident of Gurukrupa Society in Vasai West, said that she and her husband Santosh purchased their flat in 2015, for R7 lakh. A few days back, the police arrived at their doorstep and told them that their building was illegally constructed. Pics/Hanif Patel
The recent Rs 3,000-crore housing scam, exposed by the Virar Police, has sent shockwaves across the middle class home-buying community, who had sought refuge in the adjacent districts of Palghar and Thane, due to the skyrocketing property prices in Mumbai. With several new developers erecting a glut of houses under various schemes at throwaway prices in these regions, owning a dream home finally seemed like a possibility. Those hopes have now been shattered for many.
mid-day has been reporting about the multi-crore housing scam that has rocked the VVCMC. On August 9, authorities from the municipal body filed three FIRs against seven builders. Sources at the Virar Police told mid-day when the VVCMC first learnt about illegal and unauthorised constructions mushrooming in the region, it slapped notices under the Maharashtra Region Town Planning (MRTP) Act against them.
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