Mumbai: Expressing anguish over the mushrooming of illegal constructions across Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has said that despite repeated orders, “municipal bodies are still to wake up from their deep slumber.”

The court rapped the Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) for its inaction against illegal encroachments on a plot of land reserved for the construction of a police station and staff quarters.

A bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe, on November 4, while directing the MMC to take action against the illegal encroachments, observed: “This is yet another petition which reflects the apathy and complete dereliction of duty on the part of the Malegaon Municipal Corporation in not taking action against complaints made to remove illegal constructions, which are mostly

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