Mumbai: The three-day standoff came to an end on Sunday with the residents of Worl's Campa Cola society agreeing to the Supreme Court's order to allow officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to disconnect power and water connections to the flats on Monday. This comes after their meeting with chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.
Several residents said they will cooperate with the civic authoritis.
Addressing a press conference, Ashish Jalan, a resident of Campa Cola compound who was part of the delegation that met the Chief Minister, said the residents would no longer obstruct the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) which was implementing the Supreme Court order on illegal flats and allow the civic officials inside the complex from tomorrow.
"Chavan assured us that he would look into our demand of getting 67,000 sq ft permissible FSI and asked us to comply with the court orders. He said he would positively consider the demand and seek opinion of the concerned authorities. With that assurance, we are taking the first step of co-operating with the system to get our redevelopment rights," Jalan said.
According to Jalan, the Chief Minister told the residents, who met him this afternoon, that state intervention was not possible despite humanitarian considerations because of the Supreme Court order.
Jalan said the residents would meet the civic authorities and ask them to carry out their work in the complex of cutting of essential supplies to the illegal flats.
96 flats in up market Worli's Campa Cola complex face demolition for flouting FSI norms. These were built in early 1980s.
File photo: Residents run a campaign to save the flats
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