A team of nine officers from the BMC's
K-West ward examined Union Minister Narayan Rane's Juhu house, Adhish, on Monday. The team, led by assistant municipal commissioner Prithviraj Chouhan, visited the Santacruz police station before the inspection to ensure proper protection. At the time of the inspection, Rane and his older son Nilesh were both presents.
The team's phones were turned off as per the requirements, and they took images and measurements. The BMC will compare the structural adjustments to the actual plan before outlining a future course of action. The inspection came after the local body's building and factory department issued a notice to Rane last Friday under section 68 of the Mumbai Municipal Act, 1888.
Santosh Daundkar, an RTI activist, filed a reminder complaint with the BMC, stating that the civic body had failed to act on his earlier complaints about unlawful construction in Adhish. For the past few years, Rane's bungalow has been in the news due to alleged illegalities. According to Daundkar, the home was built in contravention of the Coastal Regulations Zone (CRZ) rules, therefore he filed a complaint.
"This is not a new concern," Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar remarked on Monday. The
BMC had inspected the residence four years ago, according to Narayan Rane. As a result, the BMC is just carrying out its mandate, and we are confident that Rane will cooperate with the BMC."
"It is true that we have received a notice and a team of BMC officials have arrived at our bungalow in Juhu," Nitesh Rane, who was speaking to the media while in Sindhudurg district, said. The BMC and we will work together." On Saturday, Rane held a press conference in response to the notice, saying that the construction was lawful. "We moved here in 2009," he replied, "and the BMC also issued me an occupation certificate."
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