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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.

Shinde said he would ask the BMC commissioner to make a list of illegal constructions, divide them into priority wise categories, and take action accordingly. He also announced plans to rehabilitate people residing on footpaths by treating them as project affected people (PAP). (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
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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.