India, Nov. 19 -- Around 1,000 project affected families, including 51-year-old Kiran Shelke, residing in Vidyavihar and Ghatkopar lost their shanties in the summer of 2017. Their homes were razed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM). It was done as a total of 16,717 settlements alongside the Tansa water pipeline posed a security risk. Shelke and others were relocated around 11 kilometers away to the heavily polluted area of Mahul.

The slums were demolished adhering to the Bombay high court's (HC) 2009 judgment to remove settlements within ten metres of either side of the water mains.

After years of protests and many rounds of litigation by the displaced residents as well as social workers, including Ghar Bachao Ghar Ba...