As Medha Patkars indefinite fast entered the sixth day amid half-demolished brick and mortar structures in Golibar,Santacruz (East),the movement against a slum rehabilitation scheme,led by a few hundred slum-dwellers in this pocket of real estate close to the Western Express Highway,grew into a pan-Mumbai agitation that demanded a sea change in the administration of slum rehabilitation schemes. Until Wednesday evening,a delegation from slum colonies was in a meeting with officials of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority in Bandra. Patkar,unwell for two days and reportedly very weak but stable,led the delegation even as a large group waited outside. The demands were not only pertaining to the alleged fraud in the project but also comprised issues pertaining to slum rehabilitation. They also demanded a high powered committee to look into illegal demolitions and corruption in slum schemes, said Mukta Srivastava of National Alliance of Peoples Movements.
