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BMC plan to raze slums taller than 14 ft sees pushback. 39,111 structures identified across Mumbai

The BMC plans a three-month demolition drive to remove unauthorised structures measuring 14 ft and above in the slums of ...

BMC demolition drive for slum structures taller than 14 feet faces pushback, legal notice sent by residents

Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh said that the BMC’s move to crack down on such slum structures has put the future of around ...

Slum-free Mumbai in 10 years: What Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s cluster redevelopment plan means

Mumbai real estate: Experts said a lot on making the city slum free in 10 years will depend on macro level conditions rather than just local real estate factors ...

Congress to meet BMC over slum demolition in Mumbai

Mumbai Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad to meet BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide Sept 28 over plan to demolish about 39,000 Mumbai ...

Govt revives plan to raze Mumbai airport slums, in situ rehab proposed

The land around Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is owned by the Airports Authority of India and leased to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority and the airpor ...
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Mumbai’s Urban Slums: Ground Zero for Human Dignity

Mumbai slum residents protest the destruction of their homes by multi-national corporations. PHOTO: RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images I’ve spent the past two weeks working with a number of NGOs focused on ...