Hundreds of Catholics in Mumbai on Nov. 11 staged a protest against two city schools which were recently declared as slum structures by the civic body.
Catholic students, parents, church leaders and activists protested outside the Infant Jesus Church and the Koliwada Municipal School in Jogeshwari, close to the Western Express Highway.
The protesters demanded removal of the 'slum' tags of the two schools from the proposed Slum Rehabilitation Authority Scheme list.
"The authorities while issuing the Letter of Intent declared the schools as slums. Can schools that are made of RCC structures be called as slums?" said Godfrey Pimenta who organized the protest.
"Under no stretch of imagination can they be called as slum because as per their own definition, a slum is a structure that requires improvement and lacks basic civic amenities. The two schools have several children studying in them. The BMC officer has in fact even suggested that the schools be relocated," he added, according to DNA.
