India, Nov. 10 -- The BMC has issued a show-cause notice to H West ward's assistant engineer (maintenance) Deepak Gholam for alleged irregularities in the road status report of three plots on Boran Road and Gaothan Road in Bandra West. The notice was sent following a complaint received from RTI activist Santosh Daundkar on October 6.

HT on October 29 had reported on the alleged large-scale manipulation of road status records by road engineers from the ward to facilitate private redevelopment projects in Bandra West. Vishwas Mote, deputy municipal commissioner (Zone III), subsequently ordered a preliminary inquiry into the matter.

According to the notice issued to Gholam on November 6, a copy of which is with HT, discrepancies emerged be...