Adarsh scam: Didnt inform defence department when road was reduced

Former bureaucrat Ramanand Tiwari on Monday admitted before the two-member panel formed to probe the Adarsh Housing Society controversy that the state government did not send any specific notice to the defence department while setting aside a proposal for widening of the road in front of the society.

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Former bureaucrat Ramanand Tiwari on Monday admitted before the two-member panel formed to probe the Adarsh Housing Society controversy that the state government did not send any specific notice to the defence department while setting aside a proposal for widening of the road in front of the society.

During cross-examination by counsel for the defence department,Aniket Nikam,Tiwari was asked if it would be correct to say that no notice was sent to the defence department although he knew that the road falls in defence area. The witness admitted no such action had been taken.

Meanwhile,Tiwari also denied that the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking had asked for the development of the plot adjacent to Adarsh for the purpose of constructing officers quarters. The commission subsequently asked him if he thought it would have served greater public interest if the adjacent plot would have been used for housing BEST employees,to which Tiwari replied in the negative.

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However,during questioning by senior counsel for the commission,Dipan Merchant,the witness also admitted that the BEST undertaking did not,on its own,make a request for the deletion of the reservation of the plot in its favour.

On the issue of amalgamation of the Adarsh plot with the adjoining plot,Tiwari said it had not been done as it was not necessary.

Earlier,civic chief Subodh Kumar had told the commission that it was possible for the society to use the FSI of the adjoining plot if the two plots are amalgamated. In a subsequent deposition,he said the BMC does not have any document showing that the merger had been done.

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Adarsh scam: Didnt inform defence department when road was reduced

Adarsh scam: Didnt inform defence department when road was reduced