Mumbai civic chief visits SRK's home

MUMBAI: Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak on Friday visited Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's residence here which is at the centre of a controversy for allegedly violating the civic body's development control rules.

Speaking to reporters after the visit, he said the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) will file its final say in the matter in the next hearing of a PIL filed in the Bombay High Court.

"We have not finalised anything yet and will be giving our say in an affidavit. I have not said that we are giving him (Khan) a clean chit," he said.

The PIL by one Bhrashtachaar Nirmoolan Sanghatana alleged that the six-storey building constructed by Khan adjacent to his bungalow in suburban Bandra encroaches upon the road curtailing its breadth. Particularly, the balconies of the structure jut over the road are in violation of development control rules.

Phatak, who has visited the site on earlier occasions as well, said Khan had voluntarily given a small stretch of land at the place for road widening.

The development plan proposes to widen the existing six metre wide road adjacent to Khan's bungalow `Mannat' to nine metres and the proposal is pending with the civic body.

Phatak said the MCGM will have to demolish some shanties located opposite Khan's building too if part of the actor's building is to be demolished for the proposed road widening.