Mumbai: A day after bulldozer action in Mira Road, 40 ‘illegal’ structures demolished in Mohammad Ali Road

A day after the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) used bulldozers to demolish ‘illegal’ construction at Hydari Chowk on Mira Road in Thane district, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday demolished around 40 shops on the Muslim-dominated Mohammed Ali Encroachment removed. Road in Mumbai.

The MBMC carried out the demolition on Tuesday in the same area where the situation was tense since Sunday following clashes between two communities following a procession taken out to mark the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

‘Deep Cleaning’ Drive

Quoting BMC officials Indian Express The report said all the structures demolished on Mohammed Ali Road were illegal and Wednesday’s demolition was done to free up space on the footpath.

This was said by quoting an official of BMC’s encroachment removal department. Indian Express As it said, “Currently local drives are being conducted in all municipal wards as part of the CM’s ‘Intensive Cleanliness’ campaign. For which, we are removing small eateries and vendors from the roadside to ensure that the footpaths remain clean. “This campaign is operational from the first week of December.”

Opposition reaction on demolition campaign in Mumbai

The Congress party has questioned the bulldozer action against a “particular community”, calling it “unconstitutional”.

Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe said, “Using bulldozers to take action against unauthorized constructions is not a constitutional method. Proper legal procedure for hearing and service of notice must be followed. One also wonders why such actions are always targeted at particular communities. This must be stopped.”

Samajwadi Party MLA from Bhiwandi Raees Shaikh said, “The government is doing all this because elections are coming. They target a particular community and think that by doing so they will be able to please another community. But they are wrong. This will really go against them. Maharashtra has been the land of saints.”