Mumbai
2004 (unbuilt)

Governmental delays in the implementation of the plan prepared by the Correa Committee for the Mills (See Bombay’s Textile Mills in TASK FORCES) allowed a certain section of private mill owners in the mid-1990’s to defy the Government’s decision and negotiate with some powerful politicians to find a way by which they could circumvent the Section 58 notification. This led to considerable public outrage and agitation – during which the UDRI mounted a public exhibition to help articulate the crucial issues for the general public. In the meanwhile, a group of concerned citizens took legal action (called Public Interest Litigation, or PIL) against the State Government, questioning their action – or rather, in-action. The judgement passed by the Bombay High Court backed the public viewpoint and reinstated Section 58; but the mill-owners took the matter to the Supreme Court in Delhi and got the order reversed