Overview
- The G (South) ward carried out the October 17 demolition in Madraswadi following directions from Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani and guidance from Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr. Ashwini Joshi.
- Deputy Commissioner Prashant Sapkale and Assistant Municipal Commissioner Swapnaja Kshirsagar led a team of about 35 workers, with Worli Police providing security and law-and-order support.
- The BMC said the effort is part of a sustained encroachment-clearance drive to prevent monsoon waterlogging and keep key infrastructure works on schedule.
- Activist Santosh Daundkar alleges recent encroachments were tied to a speculative bid to secure PAP status for illegal occupants and claims they obstructed sewer-line work after a retaining wall was built.
- The ₹14,000-crore, eight-lane Coastal Road has reclaimed roughly 70 hectares for public use, and the BMC recently opened two modular bio-toilets on the 5.5 km promenade with two more planned.