In power in the Maharashtra government now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to target the Shiv Sena’s dream projects in Mumbai. One of these is former minister Aaditya Thackeray’s cycle track around Powai lake; others include the Ashray Scheme—housing for conservancy staff, and upgradation of seven sewage treatment plants, in all around five projects worth approximately Rs 48,000 crore. 

BMC had started redevelopment of nine colonies of conservancy staff quarters under the Ashray Scheme. A BJP former corporator has claimed a scam of nearly Rs 1,800 in it. The BJP has filed a complaint with Governor Bhagatsingh Koshyari and the Lokayukta about this. The Governor had directed former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to submit a report about the scheme. “The BMC is spending an additional Rs 1,800 crore on the Rs 3,300 crore project,” claimed former BJP corporator Vinod Mishra.