BMC issues notice to Narayan Rane over 'unauthorised' alterations at Mumbai bungalow

Highlights BMC said changes at Rane's bungalow were not in line with plans approved by the civic body BMC has asked Rane to show sufficient cause to prove that works are in accordance with MMC Act Notably, Rane, a former Shiv Sena leader, is a bitter critic of his former party and Uddhav The Shiv Sena-controlled BMC has sent a notice to Union Minister and BJP leader Narayan Rane's bungalow in Mumbai for alleged unauthorised alterations carried out there, sources in the civic body said on Monday. In the notice, issued on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has asked the bungalow owner to show sufficient cause within seven days as to why such alterations should not be removed. "I, in exercise of powers conferred upon me by section 351 of the said act, direct you to show sufficient cause, by a statement in writing subscribed by you or by an agent duly authorised by you in that behalf and addressed to the undersigned and delivered within 7 days from the receipt of this notice, as to why the said building or work shall not be removed or altered or pulled down or the use of restored," the officer said. The notice asked the bungalow owner to show sufficient cause to prove that the work/s mentioned is/are carried out in accordance with provisions of sections 337/342 and 347 of the MMC Act.