Hotel next to razed Jain temple gets illegal construction notice

We compared the original building plan with the existing structure to ascertain alterations: Officials

- Shreya Jachak

MUMBAI: Barely a week after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) razed a Jain temple in the Neminath Co-operative Housing Society premises in Vile Parle East, the civic body on Wednesday issued a notice for unauthorised construction to Ramkrishna hotel, which owns a majority of flats in the building.

The notice was issued under section 53(1) of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act, 1996 after civic officials compared the original building plan with the existing structure to ascertain alterations, sources in the civic body told Hindustan Times.

"We compared the changes with the approved plan of the building, which is with the BMC's development plan (DP) department, and issued the notice accordingly," a BMC official told Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity.