Illegal wall: Cuffe Parade residents plan to reclaim encroached plot

The Cuffe Parade Residents Association (CPRA) plans to reclaim a section of the CPRA Greens garden on Captain Prakash Pethe Road that was fenced off by encroachers and rented out for events and festivals.

- Manoj Ramakrishnan

The CPRA has been receiving warnings from the police and the BMC about noisy events on the plot, even as the association argued that encroachers had taken over the land. According to CPRA, the encroachers built an illegal wall across the garden during the COVID-19 epidemic, when security was lax. CPRA adopted the 1200 sq m plot to create a recreational space. While the rest of the plot has been converted into a garden, the section along the busy road has been encroached. CPRA members said that when they confronted the encroachers, they were threatened by persons who boasted of their connections with local politicians.