Times
of India: New Delhi: Wednesday, 06 January 2016.
The Thane
collector has stalled the construction work of a new civic building in Mira
Road by a private developer after it emerged that the land belonged to the
state. The foundation stone was laid by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in
October.
The Mira
Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) building on a plot near S K Stone, Mira
Road was being constructed by Salasar Unique Group. A
residential-cum-commercial complex was also to come up on the 18-acre plot.
Fadnavis had laid the foundation stone of the civic building on October 24. The
MBMC is ruled by the BJP-Shiv Sena.
An RTI by a
Mira Road resident Shivaji Mali found that the land belonged to the state
government. Mali alleged that civic officials may have connived with the
developer to grab the land. The developer was to construct the civic building
free of cost. Mali submitted the land documents to the Thane collector and the
CM. The collector Ashwini Joshi has stalled the work and instituted an inquiry
into the matter.
The current
civic headquarters is in Bhayander (west). The civic administration was to move
into the new building.
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