MMRDA clears VAG Metro work hurdle

Provides 103 tenements to BMC for residents of a dilapidated building in Ghatkopar
Mumbai, January 12, 2011: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has cleared another road block in its ambitious Metro Rail project. The authority has provided 103 tenements at Nahur to the civic authority for the residents of dilapidated Sarvodaya Quarters in Ghatkopar.
Sarvodaya Quarters is a 40-year old multi-storeyed building located on Golibar Road, about 500 meters from Ghatkopar station, being managed by the Sarvodaya Trust. It is located at about 15 meters from the site of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) Corridor of the Metro line. The building, with 103 residents, was declared as a dilapidated structure by the civic authorities.
Mr. SVR Srinivas, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA said, “The building is about 15 meters from the actual ground of construction of Metro. However, the building was dilapidated and it was posing serious safety issues. To avert any eventuality, we handed over tenements to MCGM. The works on VAG corridor would get momentum as this issue has resolved.” The civic authority had declared Sarvodaya building as dilapidated in 2002 issuing notices to the trustees in June 2009 to pull down the building.