BMC orders Amitabh Bachchan to remove illegal construction

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued a notice to Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchanfor illegal construction in 2016, aRight to Information (RTI) activist said on Wednesday.

Anil Galgali, the RTI activist, had asked the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) about the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) notice that was issued against Mr Bachchan and seven others for construction in their Goregaon bungalow.

"In 2016, Municipal Corporation along with Amitabh Bachchan has issued Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) notice to seven other people. They have made illegal construction in their Goregaon bungalow. They have made changes in their main maps for making illegal construction," Mr Galgali told ANI.

Besides Mr Bachchan, the notice was issued to filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, Oberoi Realty, Pankaj Balaji, Sanjay Vyas, Haresh Khandelwal and Haresh Jagtani on December 7, 2016, forchanges in their approved plans, as per the information received by the RTI activist.

After the MRTP notices, architect Shashank Kokil submitted the proposal on January 5which was rejected by the MCGM's Building Proposal department on March 17.

On May 6, the MCGM's P South Ward office issuedfinal orders to remove the violation and continue with the sanctioned plans.

Mr Kokil resubmitted the plans after the ward issued another notice stating that because of the lack of clarity of the regularisation proposal, it was difficult to continue with further actions.

The RTI activist also wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, asking for immediate action and the demolition of the illegal extension.

"In coming days, under MRTP, the municipal corporation is investigating to register FIR against Amitabh Bachchan and other people," he added.