At least 15 of the 16 decades-old shops in the middle of S V Road bridge in Malad, were finally removed on Wednesday by the BMC. Work on the dilapidated part of the bridge started simultaneously. But shop owners eligible for compensation claim they haven’t received it so far. One shop owner filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against the eviction and his shop was spared
The BMC has to raze down shops to open the lanes constructed around the bridge on SV Road in Malad; many shopowners though are reluctant to move to alternative locations or are unhappy over the compensation offered.