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"Shashi Ranjan, president of the Yari Road Residents' Association, said, "This demolition has been undertaken in a lawful manner. MUMBAI: In an unusual move, a group of residents from Yari Road gathered to protest the civic demolition of an illegal slum colony that has settled upon Versova's mangrove forests citing " winter chill ". "If the BMC must not evict illegal settlers during winter or monsoon, Ganeshotsav or Diwali, when may it act?" On Saturday the residents of Save Humanity, a new formation, gathered to show solidarity with the settlers. The association had invited Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray to this site last year and he had assured that illegal settlers would not be patronised.The local ward officer was not available for comment..