It cost around Rs 70 lakh to erect. But to date only two conferences of the Maharashtra cabinet have taken place in the swank meeting hall on the first floor of Mantralaya, set up soon after three floors of the state headquarters were gutted in a fire last year.

The Mantralaya, where a fire broke out last year, will get a makeover soon, with a renovation plan that seeks to destroy a Rs 70-lakh hall. Pic/Satyajit Desai