Unauthorised construction is not a novel phenomenon in the city. However, this time it is unusual since the illegal structure in question - which came up near the Eastern Express Highway without permission of the local Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ward around four months ago - has a signboard that claims it has been built with the government funds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Prakash Mehta.

The Sai Bhakt Nivara, a transit shelter built opposite Ghatkopar bus depot near the u00a0Eastern Express Highway for pligrims who travel to Shirdi on foot, has been funded by Prakash Mehta’s u00a0MLA. Pic/Suresh KK