Business Line 19.04.2013
BMC notice to top politicians on illegal alterations
Acting on complaints received from social activists,
the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued notices to six
politicians, including three Cabinet ministers, for allegedly carrying
out unauthorised alterations and additions to structures owned by them
in two housing societies at Worli here.
The notices
have been issued to top politicians who live in Shubhada and Sukhada
societies in Worli, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit
Pawar, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, Ministers in the State Cabinet
Patangrao Kadam, Anil Deshmukh, Punjab Governor Shivraj Patil and MPCC
President Manikrao Thakre.
“The notices have been
issued under 53(1) Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act (MRTP)
Act. IPS officer-turned-lawyer Y.P. Singh had raised the issue of
illegal structure alterations and user conversion in the politicians’
Worli housing societies,” a top civic official on condition of anonymity
told PTI.
He also said even the societies were
asked to remove the illegal additions. However, when they failed to take
any action, BMC issued these notices recently.
The BMC has given them a month’s time to remove the illegal constructions, Commissioner Sitaram Kunte said.
