The civic body's proposal to ask Skylark Buildcon to construct new housing units for project-affected people (PAP), instead of the civic body recovering Rs 70.66 crore from the developer for the previous inferior quality tenements, witnessed stiff opposition in the improvements committee meeting on Wednesday.

mid-day had predicted on November 27 that this could happen. The proposal was not taken up following uproar from the Shiv Sena, BJP, Congress and NCP corporators. BJP corporator Vinod Mishra said not only the developer, but BMC administration, too, flouted all norms. "Even in early 2000, when the deal happened, the administration did not take any permission from the improvements committee, which is mandatory for any leasing, selling or handover of land to an individual or institute," he told mid-day, further alleging that developer handed over a temporary structure to the corporation as permanent.