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Mumbai: Priya Dutt is doing exactly what her father
Sunil Dutt used to do to retain his vote bank.
This time she is advocating the cause of 661 families
living in illegal slums in Santacruz whose pleas have
been turned down in the High court too.
Priya Dutt quickly has approached CM Vilasrao Deshmukh
and requested him to delay demolitions for three months
as children will have to appear in examinations in March
and April.
The question is; will the CM risk contempt of court?
The state government and the BMC have been dragging
their feet over demolishing the unauthorized shanties.
The Guzder Scheme Residents' Trust, comprising 281
buildings, has been trying to evict the encroachers,
who live on storm water drains since last five years
as the encroachments prevent the BMC from cleaning the
drains causing health problems for the authorized residents.
The slums started proliferating in the 1990s with the
blessings of local slum lords and protection of politicians.
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