India, March 24 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday informed the legislative council that a decision on the removal, relocation or regularisation of 423 religious structures in Dharavi will be taken by a high-level committee headed by a retired chief justice of the Allahabad High Court. Hearings for 52 of the 423 structures have been completed so far, the government said.

BJP MLC Prasad Lad raised the issue of unauthorised religious structures in Dharavi through a calling attention motion, stating that despite court orders directing the removal of four mosques, including the Madina mosque in Dharavi, no action had been taken so far. He sought clarity on what action the government planned to take against unauthorised structures.

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