Mumbai property: Illegal buildings numbers spike, BMC says difficult to curtail
Even after the suspension of Assistant Municipal Commissioner (ward officer) and an engineer from C ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for negligence towards construction of a illegal building on Ismail Curtay street, the BMC accepts that it is a difficult task to curtail illegal buildings coming up overnight sans permissions in the area.
The BMC’s B ward, which includes Dongri, Masjid area and the C ward, which includes Pydhonie has the highest number of illegal constructions in the city. Image source: Reuters