Bombay HC Orders BMC to Improve Slum Sanitation, Cites Basic Human Rights

• Bombay High Court directs BMC to ensure sufficient toilet facilities in Mumbai slums, including those on encroached land.
• Court emphasizes that adequate sanitation is a basic human right under Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution.
• BMC is duty-bound to provide and maintain enough toilets for slum dwellers' hygiene and health, especially on its own land.
• Order follows a petition by Chetan Samajik Pratishthan highlighting poor sanitation in Govandi slum cluster, Mumbai.
• HC calls 60 toilets for 4,270 residents in Govandi insufficient, orders repair, maintenance, and identification of new spaces within two months.