Adlabs theme park runs into trouble
Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat, on Wednesday, announced a divisional commissioner-level probe into allegations made against the entertainment park promoted by Adlabs Entertainment Limited, in Raigad, near Khopoli. Members across party lines alleged irregularities in how the company acquired the land.
Adlabs Imagica is a theme park near Khopoli, on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The `1,600 crore theme park is spread over 300 acres of land, and opened in April this year.
NCP legislator Suresh Lad raised the issue through the calling attention motion. He said that the company adopted illegal practices in the process of acquiring land for the park.
“Tribal and pasture lands, which cannot be transferred, were acquired for the project, in violation of the rules. This was done in connivance with the government officers,” Mr Lad said. He added that land records were altered to hide the truth.
Replying to queries, the revenue minister said, “In view of the complaints against the project, the government has decided to investigate the matter through our divisional commissioner. The government will also re-measure the acquired land in order to go deep into the matter, with the help of revenue officers from different districts.”
The revenue minister assured the House that measures would be taken against persons found guilty, and no one would be spared.
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State submits docu for extra med seats
Age correspondent
Mumbai, July 24
There is good news for aspiring medical students in the state after the medical education ministry managed to submit the required documents to the Medical Council of India (MCI) on July 24, the last date for submission of application for additional seats to the council.
Confirming the same, an official from the medical education ministry said that the process to confirm the sanction was already in the pipeline and the state would be getting approximately 500 additional medical seats, the distribution of which would be decided in a meeting with government-run medical colleges in the state on a later date. The issue had gained prominence as it was a rare opportunity for the state-run medical colleges to increase their current intake capacity of 2,060 seats to nearly 2,500 seats.
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