Multi-storey restaurants and bars have sprung up on a property that was supposed to be a canteen for industrial workers as part of a redevelopment project in Powai, mid-day has learnt. Instead of taking action against the alleged irregularities, the BMC has issued permissions that are necessary to run the hotel business to the commercial establishments on the happening premises. Documents accessed by this newspaper show that it was binding on the developer—D K Patel firm—to make a canteen for workers when it was redeveloping an industrial site.

While granting permissions for the project, the BMC had taken an undertaking from the developer that a canteen would be built as part of amenities for industrial workers at Kailas Business Park.