Opposition Congress on Monday accused the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), presently controlled by the administrator appointed by the state government, of aiding an alleged real estate scam worth Rs 5,000 crore by changing No Development Zone (NDZ) tag of 8.71 lakh square feet plot in a hilly area near ecologically sensitive Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) to residential zone.

“ Mumbai ’s New Development Plan (DCPR- 2034) was approved on May 8, 2018. According to government documents, this plot was marked as a ‘No Development Zone’ (NDZ) in the plan. On May 12, 2023, the land was classified as a Residential Zone (R-Zone) and was reserved as ‘Police Housing’,” said Lok Sabha MP and Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad.

She alleged that not a single brick has been laid for th

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