Residents of old buildings at Matunga, Dadar (East), King’s Circle and the Five Gardens precinct can heave a sigh of relief. The Bombay High Court has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to allow redevelopment work to be done on the structures that were named in a proposed heritage list in 2012.

A resident points to the cracks in the building’s structure at Dadar-Matunga area. File pic