
Will raze eight structures near Mumbai airport that flout height norms in a month: Collector tells HC
The Mumbai suburban collector through an affidavit recently informed the Bombay High Court that part of the eight out of 48 structures, including the unauthorised portions of buildings near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), which are flouting the height norms and are in the way of approach surfaces of the runaways will be demolished within a month.
The collector submitted that eight structures have been identified for removal and the Deputy Collector (encroachment removal) has been instructed to immediately hold a meeting and get the structures removed within a month. The affidavit further said that there were several difficulties to remove structures for lack of details on the record of structures.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik on July 29 had directed the Mumbai suburban collector to take steps to remove 48 structures.