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BMC plans Mahul makeover despite court ruling area unfit for habitation
BMC plans Mahul makeover despite court ruling area unfit for habitation
The BMC is pushing ahead with a master plan to refurbish the Mahul PAP complex in Mumbai, hoping to persuade 3,800 project-affected families to stay, even though the Bombay High Court and National Green Tribunal have declared the area unfit for human habitation. The complex, surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants, houses 17,205 tenements built between 2006 and 2009. In 2019, the court ordered all 5,400 PAP families moved out, but only 1,600 were relocated.
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The core issue is that the BMC's plan focuses on building repairs, security and society formation but does not address the toxic air and water that led the court to rule Mahul unfit. The residents' health risks are tied to proximity to industrial plants that are not moving. The case is pending in the Supreme Court, where the BMC has promised a fresh air quality assessment. That assessment, and the court's response, will determine whether these families can be forced to stay or get safer housing elsewhere.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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