The East Indian community and residents of Christian Gaon in Kurla yesterday decided to protest the municipality’s notice labelling the old gaothan a “slum”, and have begun collecting signatures on a petition to the chief minister and the BMC commissioner.

Amid the ongoing protests and controversy surrounding the notice, the CEO of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) clarified that the SRA has no involvement in the matter. Speaking to mid-day on Friday night, Dr Mahendra Kalyankar stated, “Gaothans and Koliwadas do not come under the jurisdiction of the SRA, and we do not survey them. The SRA only conducts surveys of slum settlements.”