Mumbai: BMC pays Rs 349 crore for encroached land it had valued at Rs 54 crore in 2011

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (*BMC*) has acquired a completely encroached land in Dahisar for over Rs 349 crore from a private player. In 2019, the then civic chief Praveen Pardeshi had rejected the acquisition on the grounds that only an encroachment-free plot may be acquired. However, a few months after his rejection,...