MMRDA looking for consultant to go through politically-powerful MCA’s account books and see if it violated terms of the lease signed between the two in 2004.
At 17,000 a day, ridership is a far cry from glossy estimates of 1.5 lakhs; government not keen on expanding monorail network after failure of the first line.
Mumbai is the world’s 2nd most congested city, making it lose its sheen as India’s financial capital. State govt’s plans to expand it have gone nowhere.
Top NDMC official says religious structures are a dicey matter, but the law comes first; even agencies in Mumbai chalk out a plan to relocate such structures.
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
There are several instances of high value land in Bombay being allotted for non commercial use, virtually free of cost, and then being monetised. Six acres of land was given to the NCPA at Nariman Point for a theatre complex in the early eighties. The Trust found itself short of money, so it sought the government’s permission to put up a residential tower on part of the land, sharing 50% of the unearned income. There have also been allegations, similar to the present case, with regard to the World Trade Centre complex at Cuffe Parade. There has been a long standing practice in Maharashtra for public agencies to award construction contracts to Shirkes without bidding, based on some ” prefab ” technology that they have pioneered.
There are several instances of high value land in Bombay being allotted for non commercial use, virtually free of cost, and then being monetised. Six acres of land was given to the NCPA at Nariman Point for a theatre complex in the early eighties. The Trust found itself short of money, so it sought the government’s permission to put up a residential tower on part of the land, sharing 50% of the unearned income. There have also been allegations, similar to the present case, with regard to the World Trade Centre complex at Cuffe Parade. There has been a long standing practice in Maharashtra for public agencies to award construction contracts to Shirkes without bidding, based on some ” prefab ” technology that they have pioneered.