BMC to raze 625 huts for tunnel under national park

PAPs say they were promised 375-sq ft flats but officials confirmed 300-sq ft flats will be ready

- Llinah Baliga

MUMBAI: The BMC is set to raze approximately 625 dwellings in the Amar Nagar slum in Mulund, located adjacent to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), to facilitate the construction of the proposed tunnel for the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR).

Residents affected by this development will be relocated to Bhandup West (closer to Kanjurmarg), where six rehabilitation buildings are being constructed as part of the resettlement effort.

The GMLR project, a major infrastructure initiative aimed at enhancing east-west connectivity in Mumbai, features a 4.7-kilometre tunnel stretching from Film City in Goregaon to Mulund, terminating near the Amar Nagar slum. The slum dwellings currently stand in the path of the tunnel’s proposed route.