India, Sept. 25 -- Two days after the Congress alleged that a prime plot in Juhu worth Rs.800 crore was handed over to a builder with close links to the BJP under the guise of a slum rehabilitation project, Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam on Wednesday said the proposed project would benefit the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad, however, claimed the decision would result in a loss of at least Rs.240 crore

"The BMC had planned to construct 479 homes on the plot under the Aashray scheme, at a cost of Rs.140 crore. But if the plot is added to the SRA (SLum Rehabilitation Authority) project, it will stand to receive 600 houses at no cost," Satam said on Wednesday.

The 48,407-square feet plot, which ...