Maharashtra Gaothans Protest SRA Survey Initiative
The Mobai Gaothan Panchayat (MGP), which advocates for the indigenous East Indian community, has vociferously opposed a recent survey notice issued by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). They claim this effort seeks to label long-established Gaothans as “slums” and funnel them into redevelopment schemes. MGP reached out to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Andheri West MLA Ameet Satam, urging them to immediately retract the SRA notices targeting Gaothans. The notices were affixed in regions such as Chakala, Sahar, Bamanwada, Ambivali, and Kalina-Vakola, outlining at least 128 clusters without specifying house numbers. This vagueness has frustrated residents, whose families have inhabited…