Some points I think deserve mentioning

  • Jai Bhim Nagar consists of mostly Dalit and Bahujan people. Them being chosen as easy targets multiplies the inhumanity of this action.
  • Some popular builders in Powai (Hiranandani and the like) have seized most of the land to build their own estates and this continues to today.
  • That the demolition is illegal is based in the inhuman way it was carried out, which was in contravention of a Government Resolution that resolves not to demolish structures within the monsoon months. Slum rehabilitation laws exist for this purpose as well.