On the 50th day of their ongoing agitation demanding proper rehabilitation, Mahul residents marched to Azad Maidan in Mumbai and occupied it. As the sit-in continues despite threats from the police, the Maharashtra CM still refuses to meet with the protestors. Rohit Pandit and Aabha Joshi report from Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Rohit is one of […]
The fight of Mumbai’s slums against forceful eviction and deadly “rehabilitation” continues. As the Maharashtra Government and the Bombay Municipal Corporation continue to violate a High Court order mandating proper and just rehabilitation for the slum residents evicted last year from all along the Tansa water pipeline, the protests have now spilled onto the streets. […]
The dharna of residents of Mahul in Mumbai, demanding proper rehabilitation of all the evicted families entered the 8th day. They are currently occupying the footpath in Vidyavihar opposite to the demolished jhoparpatti from where they were originally evicted and forcefully dumped into Mahul which they describe as “Mumbai’s toxic hell”. A report by GroundXero from the protest […]