Mumbai: Referring to rampant illegal construction in the Mumbai Metropolitan region (MMR), the Bombay High Court (HC) on Monday said that the situation was “uncontrollable” and the Maharashtra government should not have a policy “allowed to die.” A judicial bench The main Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni refers to the rehabilitation policy of the slope of the Maharashtra government’s slope which provides legal protection against the demolition and eviction of slum refuge which has been built before January 1, 2000, and not higher than 14 feet.
The bench noted the collapse of June 9 housing buildings on the outskirts of Malwani are the result of “pure greed” and suggesting state authorities must attract inspiration from the “Singapore model” housing for the poor.
“Only in Mumbai that someone violates the land of the government and in return given free housing.
I asked the chief Justice (who was previously at Calcutta HC) if there was a policy in West Bengal and the answer was flat,” said Kulkarni Hakim.
The bench led a number of litigation of public interest that he had initiated Suo Motu (himself) after the building incident collapsed in Bhiwandi in the Thane District last year.
HC has begun to hear the application again last month after the collapse of the building on the outskirts of Mumbai Mumbai, where 12 people, including eight children, have died.
HC has ordered a judicial investigation into the incident of Malwani and the preliminary report said housing buildings had collapsed initially only land-plus-one structure.
Additional floors have been illegally added and allottee original structures are unknown, according to the report.
On Monday, Senior Advisor ASPI Chinoy, who appeared for Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), told HC that most plots in the slums were notified throughout the city have added an illegal additional floor.
“The slums are a problem but it is also important to work for the city.
So, even if the country allows land plus one floor in the slums to be told, it is necessary to stop the floor further to prevent the instance collapse,” said Chinoy.
The bench, however, said the city work population did not need to live in a slum house.
It is said that the state can attract inspiration from the “Singapore model” housing for the poor.
“The situation is out of control.
But we cannot have a policy that allows the dead.
We must respect human life,” HC said.
“Just because people say they don’t have any other places to live, they cannot risk their lives and remain in illegal structures,” he said.
In accordance with the provisions of slum rehabilitation that exists for MMR, those who live in slums are built until January 1, 2000, are legally protected and cannot be removed without free rehabilitation plots.
“In this case (Malwani), there are no documents to show who is the original allottee.
There is no mechanism to be examined.
This is pure greed,” HC said.
“The original Allotte is an encroachment of government soil, who received the ground floor for free.
He then built more floors vertically and let it rent to fulfill his greed,” he said.
HC will continue the trial on Tuesday.