The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has sent action notices to nine ward officers for finding serious irregularities in the road-widening scheme.
It includes:
The notice, signed by Additional Commissioner Ashwini Joshi, has sought a detailed report of each ward, information on surveys, documents, demolition and rehabilitation status, as well as photographic evidence with geolocation.
What it says:
The BMC has sent this notice to the assistant commissioners of wards A (Colaba) to F South (Parel).
The notice has sought detailed information on how the rules for widening roads under Regulation 33(12)(B) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034 have been followed.
The authorities have been asked to submit details of the road-widening process carried out in each ward, the work done by the surveyors, Annexure-2 documents, status of demolition notices, information showing how the people in the affected areas have been relocated (rehabilitated).
It has also sought photographs of the areas and their exact geolocation.
What is Regulation 33(12)(B), DCPR 2034:
The structures permitted or protected under this regulation, which fall within the alignment of the road in connection with the work of widening the road land, are expected to be removed and re-accommodated/rehabilitated. There is a provision for resettlement of displaced or affected people in the same administrative ward.