India, Aug. 6 -- The state government has sought a report from the new Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Manoj Suryavanshi on the decisions taken during the tenure of the previous VVCMC commissioner Anil Pawar and the alleged role of the civic body in facilitating large-scale illegal construction in the area.

Pawar is under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its probe on 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East which were demolished in February this year following court orders. He was transferred as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) on July 17 and relinquished charge on July 24.

Five days later, on July 29, ...