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Garib Nagar demolition: HC protection order doesn’t prevent 100 families from going homeless
Updated On: 23 May, 2026 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Ritika Gondhalekar
Affected residents claim authorities didn’t raze their dwellings but caused indirect structural damage, rendering houses unsafe for habitation

Fardina Shaikh (centre), who points animatedly to a broken-down structure, alleges that the use of heavy machinery damaged her home at Garib Nagar. PICS/SAMEER SAYYED ABEDI
A hundred families living to the east of Bandra railway station, whose homes were protected from demolition under a Bombay High Court order, have been forced onto the streets after their houses suffered extensive damage during the razing of illegal structures at Garib Nagar.
Residents alleged that while authorities refrained from directly demolishing their homes, in compliance with the court's directive, the demolition of adjoining and upper portions of nearby structures caused severe structural damage to their properties.
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