Mumbai: Congress group leader in BMC Ashraf Azmi on Friday demanded an inquiry into the alleged illegal approval and construction of transit camp buildings for an SRA project on civic land reserved for a sewage treatment plant (STP) at Worli, while Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Sachin Padwal sought a probe and action against BMC officials who permitted the construction of a highrise in the vicinity of naval air station INS Shikra in south Mumbai.At a meeting of the BMC improvement committee, Azmi said District Disaster Management Authority had warned that any damage to critical and ageing sewer lines at the Worli site, particularly during monsoon, pose a serious risk of flooding. “The BMC administration should tell us what its compulsion was in reducing the land reserved for the STP by over 10,000sqm… It should tell us what it would do to the transit camp building where people are residing,” he said, while also seeking details of communication with the urban development department on land reservation. Asking how the highrise near INS Shikra was permitted when height restrictions apply in naval installations’ vicinity, Padwal said, “This is a matter of national security. Why do people have to go to HC to stop such illegal action?” —Sanjeev Devasia
