Mumbai Confidential: special training in luxury hotel and concerns over slum redevelopment projects

‘Special training’ in luxury hotel after govt training

Few weeks ago, newly recruited officials of a department headed by an NCP minister had a training session in a suburban five-star hotel. Interestingly, this training at a luxury hotel has raised several eyebrows as the government training of these officers had already been conducted. It wasn’t clear whether the government paid for the training or was it sponsored by someone.

Cornering SRA projects

Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority is once again in the thick of grapevine and this time over talks in political circles of an influential former politician linked to one of the ruling parties allegedly cornering several high-profile redevelopment projects through proxies and getting undue favours.