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MUMBAI: On January 18, the Bombay high court flayed the BMC for the "total lawlessness" prevailing in Mumbai due to illegal construction and asked P-North Ward officials to carry out a survey of all such construction in the ward.

However , the P-North building proposal department recently replied to a Right to Information query saying the data on illegal construction activity in the ward is so voluminous that officials are unable to compile it.

P-North (Malad area) officials , who were asked for details of "work beyond permissible limits" by Kandivli resident Mehul Kataria, said it "would disproportionately divert the resources of this office" to compile the list.

Kataria, who filed his RTI queries in December, received similar replies from four wards in the western suburbsincluding P-North—in January and February.

Source : Times of India