New Delhi: After Amitabh Bachchan, it is now the turn of another close friend of the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government to come under the scanner of the Mayawati government.
Mayawati government has served notice to the Sahara India Group over illegal construction at their Sahara Sahar Township in Gomti Nagar area of the state Capital.
Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has served the notice on Sahara India Housing Limited on June 2 last with charges that it had no clearance from the authority to go ahead with the construction of a multi-storied building within the Sahara Sahar.
PTI quoted LDA Vice-chairman Harbhajan Singh as saying that the map of the controversial building was not approved. Beside, the government is also examining the process of land allotment to Sahara Group.
''We have served them with a notice and would say anything only after receiving their reply'', he added.
The LDA had given a week's time to Sahara to reply the notice. However, no Sahara India official was available for reactions. But an official statement is expected from them soon.
The building is being constructed in the Sahara Sahar spread over an area of nearly 270 acres of land. Of this, 100 acres is on a lease of Rs one lakh per annum.
Earlier this week, Sahara had voluntarily handed over Satkar Bhawan guesthouse inside the Ambedkar Smarak to LDA. The Satkar Bhawan had been handed over to Sahar Group by the previous government n a long-term lease.
The Sahara Sahar land, worth about Rs 1000 crore, had been in mired in controversy ever since it was given to them in 1994. In 1999, BJP's Kalyan Singh government had also issued notices for getting the land vacated from them but he could not do so.
In the previous Mulayam Singh Yadav government, the order of the Kalyan Singh government was withdrawn through a cabinet proposal.
After the Anil Ambani-headed Reliance Group and ex-UP brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, Sahara India is the third close friend of Mulayam Singh Yadav, which has come under scanner of the Mayawati government.
(With agency inputs)
Comments
0 comment