Rani Mukerji pays Rs 23 lakh fine for addition to her Mumbai bungalow

BMCs problems with actor Rani Mukerjis Juhu bungalow seem to have ended Officials from the civic bodys Building Proposal department have regularised the additional work in the bungalow after Mukerji paid Rs 2330 lakh as development and regularisation charges midday was the first to highlight the alleged irregularities in the bungalow in an August 25 reportRani MukerjiBack in August a few activists had complained to the BMCs K West ward about certain irregularities being carried out at the KrishnaRam bungalow which belongs to Mukerji Following the complaints civic officials had issued a notice under section 488 of the MMC Act to the actor for inspectionRani Mukerjis KrishnaRam bungalow in JuhuAfter the inspection civic officials had also issued a stop work notice to Mukerji in the last week of August for carrying out additions and alterations to the structure that were not according to the approved plansThe regularisation sagaThe civic officials had received a proposal regarding the amended plans for the additional construction but on their visit the work had already been carried out even before the plans were approved Thus the civic body then issued the stop work noticeRani MukerjiSince the work cannot begin again unless the plans are approved and because the contractors wanted to finish work on the bungalow at the earliest the regularisation and development charges were paid to BMC last month said officials from the Building Proposal departmentThe additional construction was carried out in actor Rani Mukerjis KrishnaRam bungalow in Juhu File picsThe last approved area according to the recovery sheet for the bungalow was 36974 square meters whereas the proposed area was 41490 sq metresCivic officials said the architects have paid the amount for the difference of 4516 sq metres The Rs 2330 lakh payment includes IOD intimation of disapproval deposit debris deposit development charges and regularisation feesAn officer from the building proposal department said We have received a payment of Rs 23 lakh and there is no more amount to be recovered thus we have regularised the construction work that has been carried out there Mukerjis spokesperson did not want to comment on the issueActivists dissatisfiedBut to the dismay of the civic body and Mukerji the activists who complained against the irregularities are dissatisfied with the penalty amount and claim that the charges are more than what has been paid Nikitesh Chaubal an activist said We will now write to the municipal commissioner asking for a vigilance inquiry to be called against the Building Proposal departments officers as the amount to be recovered would be definitely more but has not been so as they are hand in gloves with the actorGanesh Kusumulu another activist who had complained about this issue said The penalty amount will be much more than what has already been paid but BMC officials do not want to do anything to recover their amount and just want to support the actor