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Campa Cola compound: BMC moves to disconnect water, power

Mumbai: Over 100 families in Campa Cola housing colony today barricaded themselves and refused to move out of the compound in south Mumbai even as the civic body initiated action to disconnect power, water and

PTI Updated on: November 12, 2013 19:22 IST


Several police personnel have been deployed at the spot to prevent any untoward incident, Kshirsagar said.

The demolition teams of the civic body have also reached the spot but the actual demolition of the illegal floors is unlikely to take place today, a civic official said.

Since the morning, the residents parked their vehicles near the gate, blocking access and said they would not allow civic staff to enter the premises.

The Supreme Court had set November 11 deadline to vacate 102 flats declared illegal. Families living in the compound had pinned their hopes on Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan stepping in and saving their homes by passing an ordinance to regularise their flats.

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