Crawford Market new blocks wait in a stew of BMC setbacks

STALLED | Two bldgs await an OC from civic body, delaying vendor relocation

- Devashri Bhujbal

A year after completion, two new buildings in Phase 2 of the 154-year-old redeveloped Crawford Market still await an Occupation Certificate (OC) from the BMC. “In the new building, Block 3 for fish vendors and Block 4 for mutton vendors are completed.

The OC from the BMC is in process,” said Abha Narian Lambah, the conservation architect heading the redevelopment project.

Officially known as the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, Crawford Market’s Phase 1 involved the restoration of the heritage market building from 2015 to 2018. Phase 2 involves four new blocks, a one-acre open plaza, and basement parking.