Thane: Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske has ordered a probe into a road widening project executed a few years ago, after the general body was informed on Monday that the Thane administration had bypassed the prescribed protocol and the general body while carrying out the work approval was abandoned.
A shocking revelation was made in the general assembly on Monday after the question asked by BJP councilor Archana Manera regarding the oblique width of Pokhran 1. Street.
The house was shocked to learn that as per the development plan the width of the road was 40 metres, with one side being widened by an additional eight meters for a few hundred metres.
While the 40-metre widening was approved in the general body, Manera questioned why the administration did not take permission while expanding the scope of work and also wanted to know whether the Municipal Commissioner-led administration was to bypass the House. was authorized. The leaders sought clarification on the unnecessary burden of construction cost of the increased portion on the taxpayers and its subsequent maintenance.
“The administration is randomly demolishing small shops at the cost of benefiting big business houses, who seem to be benefiting from this widening along with their premises. We are shocked to know about this discrepancy,” she alleged.
A red-faced administration admitted that the widening had been done over and above 40 meters, after which Mayor Naresh Mhaske ordered the formation of an investigation into the matter and the submission of a report within ten days.
A shocking revelation was made in the general assembly on Monday after the question asked by BJP councilor Archana Manera regarding the oblique width of Pokhran 1. Street.
The house was shocked to learn that as per the development plan the width of the road was 40 metres, with one side being widened by an additional eight meters for a few hundred metres.
While the 40-metre widening was approved in the general body, Manera questioned why the administration did not take permission while expanding the scope of work and also wanted to know whether the Municipal Commissioner-led administration was to bypass the House. was authorized. The leaders sought clarification on the unnecessary burden of construction cost of the increased portion on the taxpayers and its subsequent maintenance.
“The administration is randomly demolishing small shops at the cost of benefiting big business houses, who seem to be benefiting from this widening along with their premises. We are shocked to know about this discrepancy,” she alleged.
A red-faced administration admitted that the widening had been done over and above 40 meters, after which Mayor Naresh Mhaske ordered the formation of an investigation into the matter and the submission of a report within ten days.
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