When an airport is built within a city, safety normsensure the buildings that fall under the shadow of aircraft remain stunted forever. Which is why the fate of about 3.6 lakh residents who live in the 6,000-odd buildings in Vile Parle, Santacruz, Kurla and Ghatkopar that fall under the aircraft approach paths is different from those who reside elsewhere in the city. Due to height restrictions, no builder will take up their buildings for reconstruction. If left to their own fate, a decade from now, some of these dilapidated buildings would begin to collapse.
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