Campa Cola Demolition

Will Open our Gates for Officials to Execute their Duties: Campa Cola Residents

After two days of providing stiff resistance to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials and preventing them from entering the Campa Cola compound to cut off the electricity, water and gas pipeline connections, residents of the illegal flats there today said they will open the society's gate for officials to execute their duties as th...

Campa Cola Society: Demolition Squad, Police Beat Retreat

A civic agency squad accompanied by Mumbai police that set out to demolish 140 illegal flats in the Campa Cola Housing Society in Mumbai returned without taking any action as the beleaguered residents opposed their entry into the complex on Friday.

Women in Front as Campa Cola Residents Try to Stop Civic Teams

Residents of illegal flats in the Campa Cola Compound in Mumbai are set for another face-off with authorities of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) today as the civic officials arrive to disconnect water, electricity and piped gas to the 96 illegal apartments.

Nothing Can be Done About Campa Cola, Law Will Take its Own Course: Maharashtra Chief Minister

Time has run out for residents of Mumbai's Campa Cola society to save their homes from demolition.

Supreme Court Declines to Stay Campa Cola Demolition; Agrees to Hear Plea on Tuesday

The Supreme Court today declined to stay the eviction of residents of unauthorised flats in Mumbai's Campa Cola housing society.

My Struggle as a Resident of Campa Cola Housing Society

Vidya Srinivas has been a resident of the Campa Cola compound for 12 years. A journalist, she's also on the faculty of The Xavier Institute Of Communications, Mumbai

Mumbai: Campa Cola Society demolition on hold, Supreme Court considers new solution

Over 100 families at Mumbai's Campa Cola society today celebrated as their 13-year struggle to save their illegal flats from being razed ended with the Supreme Court's eleventh hour intervention. The court also said it would consider a new plan to accommodate them. Hours before, the residents had clashed with the policemen who tore down their barri...

Supreme Court stays demolition of Mumbai's Campa Cola society

Mumbai: Campa Cola Society demolition on hold as Supreme Court considers permanent solution

In a major relief to over 100 families at Mumbai's Campa Cola Society, the Supreme Court today put on hold the demolition of their illegal flats and said it would consider a proposal for a new building to accommodate evicted residents. Residents had fought bitterly to protect their homes and clashed with policemen who tore down their locked gates a...

Mumbai: Campa Cola compound residents fight eviction as officials start disconnecting power, water supply

Over 100 families in Mumbai's Campa Cola compound locked their gates on Tuesday and barricaded themselves inside for hours, physically blocking a demolition squad and policemen as they desperately fought to keep their home of two decades. By evening, as civic officials started snapping power, water and gas connections to the illegal flats, it was c...