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Maharashtra Orders Citywide Audit of Illegal Buildings

The state has given the BMC until the end of the Monsoon Session to file a detailed list of unauthorised constructions before post-rain demolitions begin.

Overview

  • Deputy CM Eknath Shinde directed the BMC commissioner to list and classify every unauthorised structure across Mumbai under the MRTP Act.
  • Speaker Rahul Narwekar insisted on an action-taken report on illegal constructions from each ward by the Monsoon Session’s end Friday.
  • Monsoon weather and pending court stays have put immediate demolitions on hold with eviction drives scheduled after heavy rains.
  • The government has pledged zero tolerance for builders who flout rules and will discipline municipal officers found protecting illegal developments.
  • Similar clearance operations in Vasai-Virar and recent BMC removals in Vile Parle underscore a wider crackdown on encroachments.