The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has written a letter to the Chief Minister appealing for land settlement and patta (proprietary rights) to be granted to the refugees who have been settled since 1950 in Punjabi Refugee Colony, East Bengal Colony, and Sindhi Refugee Colony under
The underlying problem is that 201 tenants in 19 out of 25 buildings have not taken the Sanat certificate that proves their ownership rights. The application today requires them to pay a penalty of 4 per cent on ready reckoner rates if they have the proof of being refugees.
The work on the Vadpe-Thane stretch of the Mumbai-Nashik Highway also known as the Bhiwandi bypass has finally begun, a report from the Indian Express stated.