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THANE: NCP has accused the civic administration of 'gifting' away a municipal corporation's prime 4-acre plot at Kolshet to Sankara Nethralaya Trust for an eye-care speciality hospital without inviting bids. The city is facing a land scarcity but parcels are being given away without a thought for other amenities," he said. NCP city president Najib Mulla wanted to know why the plot be given only for building an eye hospital and not a hi-tech one which would serve one and all. The proposal to handover the plot was passed during a tumultuous general body meeting early this month. The trust will set up a full-fledged hospital on the campus of Clariant Company in Kolshet with a FSI of 1..