Excerpt from Indian Express by Prashant Rangnekar on Aug 25, 2010 : Read Full Article
Even as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is gearing up to complete the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) Project, trustees of a mosque near Tilak Nagar that is to be relocated to make way for the road have refused to shift until the MMRDA shows evidence that the new site is owned by it.
A letter to the MMRDA by the Jamat-ul-Muslimeen Housing Board (the mosque authorities) states that while it is not against development, MMRDA does not appear to own the plot of land where they are being asked to shift to.
“We’re not against development and are ready to move, but the MMRDA should send us a copy of the document that confirms the ownership. We have also learnt that a service road is being planned and if that happens we have to again shift,” said Shahnawaz Kalburgi, secretary of the mosque. “More importantly, MMRDA doesn’t own the plot which they are offering to us. Under what authority (they) are giving us the plot,” vice-president of the mosque Mohammed Khuthbuddin asked.
