2 Courts Stay Malad Road Work on Pleas Filed by Residents, Hospital

In a temporary relief to residents of Mamlatdarwadi in Malad West, the Bombay High Court and the city civil court, in two separate cases filed by residents, have ordered a one-month stay on the road-widening works being undertaken by the BMC.

- Shreya Jachak

MUMBAI:

The residents went to court after the BMC began widening Road No. 6 in Mamlatdarwadi from 4.5 meters to nine meters by razing their compound walls. "We got to know about the work only when a bulldozer came to raze the structure on April 30," said resident Kamlesh Deorukhkar.

Following this, affected residents of four of the 16 buildings on Road No. 6 petitioned the courts in the first week of May. The High Court case was filed by Gariba Hospital while the residents of Maitry Residency and Gurukrupa Residency jointly approached the city civil court. The matter will be heard in the HC on June 10 and on June 16 in the city civil court.