Each year before monsoon, the civic body identifies dangerous buildings unfit for human habitation and asks the residents to move out so it can demolish the unstable structure. Most tenants, who have been living in these buildings for decades under the pagdi system, choose to stay put despite the risk
The Court emphasized that non-payment of transit rent has serious implications for slum-dwellers, who are moving court for the same, leading to substantial litigation.
On Wednesday, a Rs 977 crore budget for Mumbai suburbs was approved at the DPC meeting at Chetna college. The meeting was attended by a majority of MLAs from the suburbs.
The federation has written to the state government’s education department requesting for relaxation of a few parameters. The federation has also questioned the condition of having a fixed deposit of Rs 20 lakh.