BMC slashes Worli tower cost by ₹37 crore as Mumbai activist questions expense
MUMBAI: In a rare decision, BMC has slashed by Rs 37 crore the cost of a 29-storey commercial office building proposed to come up on its asphalt plant and testing lab premises in Worli, following a complaint by an RTI activist about the ‘exorbitant’ robotic parking planned for 450 vehicles in the redevelopment project. After cancelling the original Rs 525-crore tender, BMC issued a fresh Rs 488-crore tender in May. The biggest cost cut was in the robotic parking system — from Rs 96 crore to Rs 72 crore. RTI activist Anil Galgali told TOI that he had red-flagged the…