New Policy to Regularise 25,000+ Mumbai Buildings Without OC
MUMBAI: Ashish Shelar, the Guardian Minister for Mumbai Suburbs, announced on Thursday that a new government policy will soon regularize over 25,000 buildings in the city that have been denied Occupation Certificates (OC). This initiative, ahead of the upcoming civic polls, will provide significant relief to thousands of residents living in these structures who have been classified as “unauthorized occupants.” The decision was made during a meeting attended by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), along with the urban development, revenue, and co-operation departments, according to Shelar. “We are creating a policy to issue OCs for buildings constructed under the BMC’s…