The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday said that it conducted a massive demolition drive near Mumbai Coastal Road in Worli and removed 169 illegal structures.
An official statement said that the Mumbai civic body carried out a major demolition drive in Madraswadi in Worli to demolish illegal structures built along Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Road, near the Dharamveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road Project also known as the Mumbai Coastal Road.
The action was taken by the G (South) ward of the BMC as part of its ongoing campaign to clear encroachments and ensure compliance with urban regulations.
“These structures were also identified as a major cause of waterlogging during monsoons,” the BMC said.
It said that the demolition was conducted under the instructions of Municipal Commissioner and Administrator Bhushan Gagrani, and under the guidance of Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr. Ashwini Joshi.
The operation was led by Deputy Commissioner (Zone 2) Prashant Sapkale and Assistant Municipal Commissioner of G (South) Ward, Swapnaja Kshirsagar, the official statement said.
It said that a team of 35 workers, along with the necessary machinery and equipment, carried out the demolition. Security and law-and-order arrangements were provided by Worli Police Station.
The BMC has made it clear that action against illegal structures and encroachments will continue across the city in a systematic and sustained manner, the officials said.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, the BMC had said that it opened two advanced modular bio toilets on the 5.5 km-long promenade of coastal road for citizens` convenience.
After the promenade was inaugurated and opened on August 15, the Mumbai civic body had received several requests from citizens to make toilet facilities available on the promenade.
The first bio toilet has been installed near the parking lot opposite Worli Dairy, which is also near the pedestrian underpass. The second facility has been installed at the pedestrian underpass at Bindu Madhavi Thackeray junction.
Each toilet block has two toilet seats for women (one in the Indian arrangement and another in the western arrangement), one each for men, children, and persons with disabilities. The toilets also have sanitary pad vending machines and incinerators.
Bio toilets have tanks that process biological waste and do not need laying of sewer lines. The two toilet blocks have one biodigestor tank each, with a capacity of 3,500 litres.
Two more bio-toilets will be opened for the promenade soon.
