Govt. gives Mayor’s bungalow for Thackeray memorial

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has given the Mayor’s bungalow at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai on a 30-year lease for a memorial to late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.

According to an ordinance issued by Urban Development Department on Tuesday to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Municipal Commissioner, BMC was empowered, with the sanction of the civic body, to grant any immovable property belonging to the BMC for the purpose



of a Thackeray memorial. Sena MP Vinayak Raut made the announcement of the government decision at a party meeting on Wednesday. He told PTI that the Mayor’s bungalow and adjoining premises will be handed over to the Balasaheb Thackeray Memorial Trust, headed by Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.

“The memorial project will be planned in such a way that heritage structure on the premises is unchanged. Details will be decided later,” he said.