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The housing structure was constructed in 1975 on collector land and originally housed over 40 people. It was first served a notice for repairs in 2013, and then in 2016 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) disconnected the water and electricity to the structure and asked them to vacate. This request was refused by residents who hired a ...
A lack of housing coupled with high population growth, and has resulted in individuals living in low-cost illegal buildings [8] [9] or building shanties or huts on illegal land. [4] For instance, many people have moved to the greater Mumbai area in search of jobs, and without affordable housing, thousands sleep in slums or on the streets. [8]
Adarsh Housing Society in July 2011. The Adarsh Housing Society is a 31-story building constructed on prime real estate in Colaba, Bombay, for the welfare of war Widows and personnel of India's Ministry of Defence.
Among the guidelines released on Wednesday by Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp (BMC), construction sites in the city were asked to erect barricades at buiding sites of up to 35-feet (10.67 m ...
SC slams door on Mumbai's Campa Cola Compound residents, BMC set to demolish illegal floors by Bhavika Jain & Swati Deshpande 'We'll hand over keys when other illegal buildings are demolished' by Pooja Kalwar; Campa Cola complex row: What's the story? by R. Keerthana; Campa Cola residents ask for support through missed calls by Pooja Kalwar
The number of migrants to Mumbai from outside Maharashtra during the 1991–2001 decade was 1.12 million, which amounted to 54.8% of the net addition to the population of Mumbai. [11] Over 7 million people, over 42% of the population of Mumbai, live in informal housing or slums, yet they cover only 6–8% of the city's land area.
The Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) was established in 1948 and had a jurisdiction over the entire State of Maharashtra except for the Vidarbha region. This body undertook construction of residential buildings under various housing schemes for different sections of society. The allotment and maintenance of these buildings was being looked after ...
A demolition on 2 and 3 April 2013 in the Golibar area, Mumbai, Maharashtra evicting 43 houses and displacing more than 200 people, was the backdrop against which the movement was born. The resident communities demanded in-situ and participatory housing rights.