‘Third Mumbai’ will be built over our dead bodies, says former judge and activist B.G. Kolse Patil
Activist and former judge B.G. Kolse Patil has strongly opposed the 'Third Mumbai' development project in Maharashtra, vowing that the project will only proceed over the opposition's dead bodies. The statement was made during a farmers' meeting organized to protest the land acquisition and development plans.
Why it matters
The project highlights the ongoing tension between large-scale urban infrastructure development and the rights of local farmers and residents in India.
“A ‘Third Mumbai’ will be built only over our dead bodies,” social reformer and former judge B.G. Kolse Patil has said. Addressing a farmers’ meeting, he asked the attendees to take this oath while opposing the Third Mumbai project that is underway in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. The meet was organised on Sunday (June 7, 2026) by the Raigad-based organisation, MMRDA KSC Navnagar (Third Mumbai) Virodhi Samiti. “Today our fight is on another level. Earlier judges did their job, lawyers did their job, and the police did theirs. The political leaders in power are shameless, “ Mr. Kolse Patil said.
The article centers on the activist's protest and framing of the issue, giving voice to the opposition against a government-backed development project.
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