India, Feb. 1 -- The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have cleared 71 hutments encroaching on nearly 1,000 square metres of land near Sanjeev Enclave in Andheri West to pave the way for an elevated road that will be part of the second phase of the Mumbai Coastal Road project, from Versova to Dahisar.

The BMC has acquired the land from the SRA to build an eight-lane elevated road from the Versova interchange to Bangur Nagar in Goregaon West. Additionally, the BMC is working to clear 6,000 sqm of land of encroachments at the Central Institute of Fisheries Education in Versova, while the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) will also acquire 2,121.06 sqm of land in th...