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Subhash Gaikar, Assistant Commissioner, anti- encroachment department NMMC informs, "Falling within the limits of Vashi are: Vashi node, Juhu Gaon and Koprigaon. In all the three villages there are a huge number of encroachments. Either encroaching on vacant land or developing a chawl or two-three floor structures and selling them off is a common practice in these villages. There is no doubt that this is being done in collusion with local political leaders. Day by day the graph of encroachment is going higher. Due to political interference the administrative department never takes any action. Due to dense encroachments if some mishap occurs in the villages neither ambulance nor fire brigades will be able to enter. Just a few months back the High Court had directed NMMC to carry out a survey of all the illegal and unauthorized structures in Navi Mumbai. It was found that there are 23,338 such structures".
Vashi tops the list with 6,583 unauthorized structures followed by Airoli (4,510), Nerul (4,168), Koper Khairane (3,693), Turbhe (2,444), Belapur (1,209) and Ghansoli (625).
These figures include structures build for residential, commercial purposes. The corporation has to take action against all the illegal structures and submit a report to HC. As a first step, the anti-encroachment department has issued notices. Response to the notices has to be submitted to NMMC before September 30. Documents proving that the structure is not illegal have to be attached.
According to sources, the anti encroachment drives will pick up from October 1. In the meantime action is being taken only against structures which are being used for commercial purposes.
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