The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) G North ward office recently issued a  notice to the Siddhivinayak Mandir Trust for storing flammable material on the ground floor of the trust’s office and for building an iron staircase. The trust’s office is in the same building as the temple. A trustee of the temple, however, claimed that they have permission from the BMC to prepare the prasad laddoos in the building.

According to the BMC notice, the temple trust has stored edible oil and ghee on the ground floor of the trust office. The building is undergoing repairs, for which an iron staircase has been built temporarily. A BMC official said there is a possibility of fire due to the flammable material. In such a case, the damaged part of the building could collapse.Hence the BMC has suggested barricading the place. The trust has been asked to remove all the flammable material from the ground floor. BMC has also ordered the trust to get the repairs done from a registered structural auditor.