The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the Bombay high court on Thursday that it will reconstruct by December 31 the crematorium for fisherfolk at Erangal in Malad which was demolished by the Mumbai Suburban Collector Nidhi Chaudhari without giving them a hearing.
A division bench had earlier held that the crematorium on Erangal beach in Malad was demolished by officials from the collector's office without following due legal process.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav Jamdar noted that the action was contrary to the approach taken by her when asked by the court to demolish unauthorised structures around the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport which are in line of landing and takeoff of aircraft.