Mumbai: Civic chief contradicts report, gives BJP MLA Narendra Mehta's club clean chit

Mumbai | Saturday | 20th July, 2019

Summary:

The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Commissioner has contested the findings that the Divisional Mangrove Protection Committee had made about the systematic destruction of mangroves that local BJP MLA Narendra Mehta's Seven-Eleven club construction had caused. In the past investigation, we found that some mangroves were killed outside the club area of the club and not on the clubland. Commissioner Khatgaonkar also explained that in 2002 a single lane was there for entry-exit in Mira-Bhayandar. According to the time, the law has been changed and we can't follow old rules, stated Commissioner Khatgaonkar. Show these pictures to the Commissioner Khatgaonkar and asked him to not to lie to save MLA Narendra Mehta," said Vanshakti president Stalin D..