Demolition notice for Juhu building top floor

Mumbai: The BMC last week issued a demolition notice for the topmost floor of an 11-storey building on Gulmohar Road, Juhu.
Civic sources said the order was issued as the builder failed to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), mandatory for any building in and around the airport.
R B Hardas, deputy chief engineer (western suburbs) building proposal, said the notice was issued under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act. "We have given them a month's notice to reply to the notice and produce the NOC from the AAI failing which the top floor will be demolished,'' said Hardas. Juhu is very close to the airfield.
The BMC had earlier sanctioned 386 car parks for just 33 flats in the same building. This included three parking decks for each flat on every floor. The building has been designed with three wings, with one flat per floor in each wing.
Gulmohar Residents Association in the area had used the Right to Information Act to obtain details on the various concessions granted to the building. Ashok Pandit, secretary of the residents' association, said the file had moved with lightning speed.
22/03/11 Clara Lewis/Times of India

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