India, Oct. 29 -- The BMC is set to issue a show cause notice to road engineers from H west ward regarding alleged large-scale manipulation of road status records to facilitate private redevelopment projects in Bandra West. Vishwas Mote, deputy municipal commissioner, Zone 3, on Tuesday ordered this as well as a preliminary inquiry. "I have also asked them to submit a report within seven days," he told HT.

Mote's order is pursuant to a site inspection visit by H West ward officials on October 27 to check whether the width of three lanes on Boran Road and three on Gaothan Road were manipulated to benefit developers, as alleged in a complaint by RTI activist Santosh Daundkar on October 9.

The complaint, which alleges that the manipulation...