HC directs collector to remove 48 structures near Mumbai airport for flouting height norms
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district collector to remove 48 structures, such as unauthorised portions of buildings, that pose obstacles on the approach surfaces of Mumbai airport’s runways and flout height norms.
The court asked the collector to comply with the orders of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and held the collector responsible for not demolishing such unauthorised structures. The collector was asked to file an affidavit by August 19 listing out steps to be taken to raze the 48 structures.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Makarand S Karnik passed an order while hearing a public-interest petition filed by advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy in 2019 stating that the structures around Mumbai airport posed a threat to the take-off and landing of flights.
