Judge to probe why no BMC action against illegal bldgs

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced that a committee headed by a retired judge will investigate why the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hasn't taken any action against its officers for allowing illegal structures to bloom in Mumbai, after the matter was raised by several members of the state legislative council across parties.

- Yogesh Naik

MUMBAI:

Lawmakers from the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed the civic body for not taking action against its officers despite receiving thousands of complaints regarding illegal structures. Madhuri Misal, the minister of state for urban development, admitted that no action had been taken against designated officers in each BMC ward for failing to curb illegal structures in the city.

To be sure, the BMC has been run by administrators rather than elected representatives since March 2022 as a result of delayed civic polls due to a legal dispute over Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation.

On Tuesday, the matter of illegal structures mushrooming in Mumbai was first raised by Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Sachin Ahir, who alleged there was a nexus between BMC officers and the owners of the illegal structures.