India, Oct. 13 -- In a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Mihir Kotecha raised serious concerns over the repeated extensions granted in the tender process for the Mulund bird park project. Kotecha called for a formal investigation and alleged that the chief engineer of the building maintenance department is deliberately stalling the tender to favour some contractors.

The original tender for the project was issued on August 29, with a submission deadline of September 19. While nine bidders attended the pre-bid meeting held on September 10, the deadline has since been extended twice, first to October 3 and again to October 17, resulting in nearly a month-lon...