A whole lot of individuals gathering on street to oppose plans by the BMC to demolish a piece of a mosque.
NEW DELHI: Tensions prevailed in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum on Saturday as native residents opposed plans by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to demolish a piece of a mosque. In accordance with an official, this led to a whole bunch of individuals gathering on the street.
The BMC crew, arriving from the G-North administrative ward, tried to demolish part of the Mehboob-E-Subhani mosque positioned on 90 Toes Street round 9 am.A lot of residents blocked their entrance to the lane the place the mosque stands.
A lot of police personnel have been deployed there to forestall any untoward incident in view of the prevailing state of affairs, he mentioned.
“A crew of BMC officers from G-North administrative ward reached the 90 Toes Street in Dharavi round 9 am to demolish alleged unlawful portion of Mehboob-E-Subhani masjid. Quickly, a lot of native residents gathered on the spot and stopped the civic officers from coming into the lane the place the mosque is positioned,” the police official mentioned.
“Later, a whole bunch of individuals additionally assembled outdoors the Dharavi police station positioned there and squatted on the street to protest towards the civic physique’s transfer,” he mentioned.
In protest, a whole bunch of individuals assembled outdoors the Dharavi police station, squatting on the street. Heavy police presence was deployed to forestall any incidents, and the state of affairs is at the moment beneath management.
A delegation from the mosque, BMC officers, and the Dharavi police are holding talks to resolve the problem. Dharavi is named Asia’s largest slum and is densely populated.
Following protests towards the demolition of unauthorised building of a mosque at Dharavi, the BMC has given a deadline of 4 to 5 days to take away the unauthorised building. In accordance with a BMC launch, the civic physique had served an eviction discover earlier and had initiated motion as per the discover.
Nevertheless, the trustees of the mosque have requested for 4 to 5 days to take away the encroached building on the 90 toes street on their very own.
The trustees of the mosque have submitted a written request to the Deputy Municipal Commissioner (DMC) Zone 2 and the Assistant Commissioner of the BMC G-North ward, stating that they might take away the unauthorised building on their very own throughout this era.
The civic administration directed the trustees to take away the encroached building inside the stipulated time.
