India, Nov. 19 -- The BMC on Tuesday forcibly evicted 66 tenants from Parksite Colony in Vikhroli (West), clearing three of the 28 buildings it has classified as "dangerous" under the C1 category. The demolition and rehabilitation plan for the colony, which stands on BMC land, remains mired in legal and civic disputes, with residents accusing the civic body of bypassing due process and disregarding their rehabilitation rights.

Tenants resisted the eviction drive, saying the alternative accommodation offered to them, primarily at an Oberoi Realty project in Bhandup, would severely disrupt their daily lives. They also argued that they were entitled to rehabilitation under DCPR 33(9), which, they claimed, rendered them eligible for 650-sq-f...