Ever wondered why the MHADA is never able to evict illegal encroachers from their lands? The reason is simple, though hard to digest: the housing board has just six engineers in its much-hyped Encroachment Removal Cell to trace and evict encroachers across hundreds of MHADA properties in Mumbai. Worse still, only three of these engineers have been reporting to work regularly. The other three hold additional charges in other departments and are apparently not keen to take on encroachers.

The MHADA housing board has just six engineers in its Encroachment Removal Cell. File Photo