India, Oct. 14 -- In the wake of serious allegations surrounding the misuse of a key development control regulation (DCR) related to road-widening, the BMC has issued notices to all ward officers in the island city.

Nine assistant commissioners, from Wards A (Colaba) to F South (Parel), have been asked to submit detailed records on the implementation of Regulation 33(12)(B) under the Development Control and Promotion Regulations (DCPR) 2034. HT is in possession of the notice issued by Ashwini Joshi, additional municipal commissioner (city) on October 7, one day after HT reported the allegations.

The internal BMC report raised concerns on how the bottleneck removal policy-meant to streamline the road-widening scheme and rehabilitate disp...