Mumbai: BMC may forcefully evict Campa Cola residents today

June 21, 2014 09:34

The face-off between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Mumbai's Campa Cola residents continues with none of the two willing to budge.

The BMC has now registered a case against the Campa Cola residents at the Worli police station for unlawful assembly, wrongful restraint and obstructing a public servant from performing his duty.

This comes after the deadline to vacate 102 illegal flats in the Campa Cola society ended on Friday.

BMC officials were barred by the residents from carrying out the eviction orders.

They are expected to return on Saturday by 10:30 am to convince residents.

17 days after the Supreme Court rejected a petition by the residents against its earlier order asking them to vacate the flats, officials of the Municipal Corporation reached the complex along with the police to cut power, water and piped gas supply to the illegal flats. However, they were prevented by slogan-shouting residents of the Campa Cola Housing Society in upscale Worli, who closed the iron gates and placed bamboo poles to prevent them from entering.

"We will once again request the residents to let us carry out the necessary action. If they don't, we will figure out our strategy today and we will be back tomorrow," Deputy Municipal Commissioner Anand Waghralkar told reporters, indicating that the BMC could use force to carry out the eviction process.

The BMC officials also held a round of meeting with the secretaries of the ill fated society and have warned that the residents need to comply with the court orders.

Meanwhile, the secretaries have requested to the civic body to give a day more time so that they may convince the residents to cooperate who are protesting against the demolition work, as per reports.

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