27 shops on Borivali plot meant for BEST bus station demolished after Supreme Court orders BMC Commissioner’s salary freeze

Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) demolished 27 commercial structures on a plot reserved for a BEST bus station in Borivali East, a day after the Supreme Court ordered the withholding of Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide’s salary over delays in clearing the encroachments. The 3,400-square-metre plot on Swami Vivekanand Road had been reserved for a bus station operated by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking. The demolition drive, conducted by the BMC’s R/Central ward, involved 70 workers and staff members, two JCB machines and four dumpers.

Police personnel were deployed during the operation. On Tuesday (November 3, 2026), a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana ordered that Ms. Bhide’s salary and that of her personal staff be withheld over non-compliance with earlier directions to clear the land.

However, continued delays prompted further court directions in November 2025 and July 2026.