Mumbai: Demolition of 102 Campa Cola flats to begin at 11am

June 20, 2014 10:23

The municipal corporation will at 11am at cut power, water and gas supply to residents of the 102 illegal flats of Mumbai's Campa Cola Society compound as the deadline for the residents to vacate their homes ended on Friday.

The residents are left with no choice but to vacate their homes on Friday as the demolition of the illegal flats will begin soon. Seven buildings of the Campa Cola Housing Society in Mumbai were constructed between 1981 and 1989.

The builders had permission for only six floors, but multiple floors were built without requisite permissions. In November 2013, when the demolition was about to begin, the Supreme Court had ordered a stay and given the residents time till May 2014.

The residents went to court again in May, but this time, the apex court dismissed their plea. The residents are not willing to leave the illegally built flats, which are to be demolished, even after the Supreme Court's refusal to give them relief.

An official of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) said that the eviction process will be carried out in three stages and may go on for a year.

"We have to be very careful in carrying out the demolition work to make sure that the legal flats in the buildings are not harmed in any way," the officer added.

In the first stage of eviction, the MCGM will cut off supply of electricity, water and gas to the illegally built flats. Internal walls of the flats would be pulled down in the second stage, and finally the balconies would be taken down.

"MCGM will be spending about Rs 2,20,00,000 on demolition, and the money will be recovered from the property tax of the legal residents of Campa Cola," the official added.

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