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Mumbai: Residents and trustees fight as 108-year-old building crumbles

It's 19 tenants claim that they are ready for redevelopment as the building has become precarious because it is so old, but the trustees "insist on repairs and not on redevelopment."

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This Jaiphal Terrace problem needs a solution
This Jaiphal Terrace problem needs a solution

Jaiphal Terrace, a ground plus two storey 108 year-old building comprising two wings, tucked away at the mouth of Forjett Street, behind Sethna Agiary, has received three MHADA notices citing that it is dangerous. It's 19 tenants claim that they are ready for redevelopment as the building has become precarious because it is so old, but the trustees of the M B Seith Agiary Trust, custodians of the structure, magnificent even in its faded glory, "insist on repairs and not on redevelopment," say frustrated tenants.

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