When all are in celebration mood of Ganesh Chaturthi festivity, looks like one of the Bollywood actresses wouldn’t be able to enjoy it. Rani Mukerji has landed in legal trouble. This Ganeshotsav, Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji can expect a house visit from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but they won’t come bearing sweets.
Instead, they will come with the police, up in arms after they were turned away. It is said that last week, the BMC officers tried to inspect Rani Mukerji’s Juhu bungalow called KrishnaRam, over allegations of illegal alterations.
According to the BMC records available on AutoDCR website, the actress was also granted a Commencement Certificate (CC) to make additions and alterations to her bungalow in 2014, with validity until November 2015.
A few activists have alleged that the height of the bungalow was increased after the CC got expired. BMC officials intend to pay another visit to Mukerji’s bungalow in Juhu’s Vasanta Theosophical Society on August 30, this time with police protection, said sources.
“The K-west ward office got complaints from activists regarding alleged construction work being carried out illegally, in violation of the approved plans that were submitted to BMC’s Building Proposal Department. On receiving the complaint, we issued a notice to the owner and paid a visit but were not allowed to inspect the premises,” said a civic official.
An activist, Ganesh Kusumulu, told, “This area is a proposed heritage precinct, and in spite of that, gross violations are taking place. The height of the bungalow has been increased and construction has been going for the past three years. Despite bringing it to the notice of the BMC, no action has been taken. We fear that the BMC officials are hand-in-glove with the culprits.”
Prashant Gaikwad, the assistant civic commissioner of K-west ward, confirmed:
“We issued a notice a week ago, under section 488 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, which allows BMC to enter a building or land for inspection.” However, Mukerji’s spokesperson has said that the CC was renewed every year and the height of the bungalow is as per the approved plans.
Nikitesh Chaubal, an activist, and chairman of Aamhi Jagrut Mumbaikar, who had complained to BMC about irregularities at the bungalow, said,
“The CC was taken from BMC in 2014 and expired in 2015, but construction work is still going on. No re-validation process has taken place. The bungalow also falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone, but a no-objection certificate from the coastal authorities was not submitted to the BMC.”
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