Overview
- India’s Civil Aviation Ministry informed Maharashtra on January 14 that an AAI meeting on January 12 approved relocating the high-frequency receiver to Gorai.
- The state must provide 20 acres in Gorai free of cost and encumbrances and cover the full relocation and related infrastructure expenses.
- AAI will retain floor space index rights over the Dahisar site of about 64 acres and intends to create a 29-acre public garden there.
- Officials say moving the radar will ease long-standing height limits in Dahisar, opening the way for stalled redevelopment and affordable housing plans.
- Shiv Sena (UBT) lodged complaints alleging an electoral-code breach over the announcement, and after a review prompted by the State Election Commissioner, the BMC chief reported nothing objectionable based on the video’s upload time.