Metro car shed: After claiming ownership, Fadnavis govt considered ‘leaseholder’ proposal for building homes on Kanjurmarg land
According to the documents, the state revenue department - then headed by Chandrakant Patil - had on June 11, 2019, formed a committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Manoj Saunik to study the private developer s proposal of building 1 lakh houses on the land. December 23, 2020 4:33:26 am
Devendra Fadnavis
The controversy surrounding the Kanjurmarg Metro car shed land turned murkier on Tuesday, with the Congress releasing official documents to question the previous BJP-led government’s role.
The documents, released by state Congress leader Sachin Sawant, indicated that the previous Devendra Fadnavis government had taken up a private developer’s proposal to build affordable houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s public private partnership model after earmarking the Kanjurmarg land for constr
Pratap Sarnaik gets summons from ED again
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Mumbai
Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in a case involving alleged misappropriations in a contract bagged by Tops Group with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),
Sarnaik was summoned again to appear on Monday by the agency who has questioned him in the past. This is the fourth summons issued in the case. Despite repeated attempts, Sarnaik was not available for comment.
Sarnaik was questioned by ED on December 10 over the contact and his alleged links with Amit Chandole, 46, who has been arrested in the case as termed as his confidante by the agency. The Supreme Court (SC) had asked ED to not take any coercive action against Sarnaik and his family in a recent interim order.
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Mumbai Metro-2B: Mandale Depot Work Allotted To New Contractor After Just 7 Per Cent Progress In 2 Years
A Mumbai Metro bridge under construction. (Ramnath Bhat)
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has handed the contract of the Mandale Depot Works for Metro-2B to a new contractor at a 14 per cent highest cost than the prior estimation,
Hindustan Times has reported.
The responsibility to carry out the work was initially given to a firm in January 2018 at a cost of Rs 390.43 crores. In contrast the new contract is worth Rs 530.32 crore though the initial evaluation of the project was around Rs 464.75 crore.
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