Overview
- Minister Shambhuraj Desai said Additional Chief Secretary Aseem Gupta will investigate repair tenders that quoted prices below official estimates.
- Desai stated that any contracts found to have irregularities will be scrapped immediately.
- Congress MLA Amin Patel told the Assembly that bids were 100–140% below estimates and alleged contractors added illegal floors and sold the new flats.
- Patel pressed for urgent action on about 16,000 cessed buildings in South Mumbai, warning tenants face collapse risks during the next monsoon.
- Desai said MHADA moved the Supreme Court after a July Bombay High Court stay on Section 79A, with Solicitor General Tushar Mehta set to represent the state on January 15.