If things fall into perspective as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) latest developmental plan for the city, then soon nearly 20,000 cessed and dilapidated buildings in Mumbai will be redeveloped into skyscrapers. Recently, all the corporators passed a notice of motion, which states that if most of the tenants of a particular building want to redevelop the structure they are residing in, then they should be allowed to do so without seeking the landlord’s permission.

On shaky grounds: According to a builder, there are about 15,000 dilapidated buildings in South Mumbai alone; (above) a dilapidated structure at Bhuleshwar. File pic