India, Aug. 22 -- A year and three months after it first lifted the axe, the BMC on Thursday completed the demolition of one side of the Jai Bhim Nagar basti in Powai. By 5pm, it had successfully broken the makeshift homes of 60 families along the footpath on Central Avenue, most having scrambled for alternate accommodation. This time around, unlike the violent demolition on June 6, 2024, the civic body was equipped with an order from the Bombay High Court, dated August 12.
The recent demolitions sprung from a petition in the HC filed in July by the Tivoli and Evita Cooperative Housing Society in Powai, located in front of the basti, against the encroachment of the footpath. While the residents of Jai Bhim Nagar - forced out onto the foo...
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