HC lashes out at BMC, Mhada over illegal construction in Ghatkopar

The Bombay high court on Thursday pulled up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for their inaction against the illegal construction of a community hall on a Ghatkopar (West) plot reserved for a playground.

- Karuna Nidhi

MUMBAI:

In 1994, the Akhil Bhatwadi Sarvajanik Utsav Mandal, a public trust, illegally constructed a community hall on the plot and rented it out for small gatherings like an engagement, naming ceremony, etc. In December 2023, the trust demolished the hall and began a new construction. Hoardings were put up on the plot claiming that the construction of the Samaj Mandir, the new community hall, would be supervised by MHADA and received financial aid from a Member of Parliament.