Mumbai: BMC gave a “paralyzed reason” and delayed the demolition of a compound wall actor Actor Amitabh Bachchan’s Pratiksha Bungalow in Juhu for road widening projects, Maharashtra Lokayukta Hakim V M Kanade said on Monday.
Last month, BMC had proposed that he had not taken over some of the land from the plot of Pratiksha Bungalow because it did not have a contractor for road widening projects.
It is said that it will undermine a compound wall and obtain land in the next financial year when the road contractor is appointed for that purpose.
In his order, Kanade Kanade said: “In my view, the reasons given by BMC because they do not do dismantling it seems incorrect.
Every time the road widening project is carried out, adequate budget provisions are made by BMC.
For implementation.
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by giving a paralyzed reason Some of the land from Pratiksha Bungalow, off Linking Road in Juhu, along with neighboring plot owners, to reduce traffic on the track that leads from Pratiksha to the Iskcon Temple.
BMC will take part of the compound from the structure and expand Sant Dnyaneshwar Road from 40ft to 60 feet.
Corporator Congress Tulip Miranda, who has complained to Maharashtra Lokayukta on October 2021 concerning Civic Inoctions, said that the BMC reply was strange.
“In 2019, BMC had destroyed the wall of building boundaries side by side with Bachchan bungalows and took over some of its land for widening the road.
However, Pratiksha compounds were untouched.
Waiting for the contractor before the acquisition of widening roads never happened,” Miranda said.
“Lokayukta has not received a strange BMC report and has requested a response from the Department of Road in the next session.
We will sit in Dharna if BMC fails to take action,” Corporator added.