Overview
- Late May operations saw the BMC remove about 250 unauthorised structures from HE department land in Powai to reclaim government property for infrastructure use.
- The BMC cleared roughly 150 unauthorised buildings that blocked the Goregaon‑Mulund Link Road alignment and has scheduled removal of about 234 remaining structures next week to prepare for Phase 3 tunnelling.
- Western Railway, following Bombay High Court directions, has been demolishing illegal structures between Goregaon and Malad and reports 26 of 36 permanent illegal buildings have been taken down so far to free land for the Harbour Line expansion.
- All drives used large deployments of police, RPF/GRP, municipal engineers, labour and heavy machinery, and officials plan post‑clearance fencing and monitoring plus relocation housing at Kanjurmarg West to prevent re‑encroachment.
- Clearing the land is intended to remove a long‑standing obstacle to east‑west road and rail projects, allow tunnel boring for GMLR to begin in June, and reduce delays to suburban rail capacity upgrades.