nagpur the general body of the nagpur municipal corporation nmc on monday passed a resolution to regularize unauthorized constructions on 58 land of lendi talao in central nagpur the civic body had taken possession of the lake for three years for its rejuvenationon the request of corporator and former deputy mayor deepraj pardikar mayor dayashankar tiwari directed the nmcs pench project cell to prepare a proposal for regularization of the encroachments and submit it to the collectors officethe mayor said that the collectors office had given possession of the lake to pench project cell for demarcating the lake and measuring exact area under encroachment and under water proposal should be submitted to collector office for approval of state government he saidpardikar said the lake was spread across 285 acres in the last 5060 years 744 residential structures and 13 buildings of government agencies were constructed on around 165 acres now the lake has shrunk to 12 acres the corporator said that since the nmc is not undertaking rejuvenation works for last many years despite repeated demands it should at least regularize the structures the government had issued notification on march 6 2019 allowing regularization of unauthorized structures cropped up on governments land till january 1 2011 he saidnmc assistant commissioner milind meshram said that the nmc pench project cell had sought possession of the lendi lake land from government for rejuvenation in 2018 the collector office had given advance possession on june 13 2018 and restricted division or distribution or lease of land for any other purpose the nmcs application for regularization of unauthorized structures in 2019 was rejected by the collector office he saidnmcs proposal seeking funds for rejuvenation of lendi talao is pending with the government if unauthorized structures are regularized the lake area will reduce to a great extent and lead to a setback for rejuvenation planin the meeting corporator abha pande exposed serious flaws in parking policy prepared by urban mass transit company umtc nmc had paid rs66 lakh to umtc and supposed to give rs16 lakh more umtc was supposed to suggest offstreet onstreet parking spots redevelopment of junctions etc not a single spot has been proposed in satranjipura zone which requires it the most as compared to other localities the nmc should set aside parking policy and recover the charges she saidthe mayor said it would not be appropriate at this stage to set aside the policy which is important for increasing revenue and providing proper parking facilities corporators should suggest suitable places for offstreet and onstreet parking he said and directed the administration to incorporate themtiwari kept pending nmc administration proposal seeking escalation of rs7865 crore in 24x7 water supply project the proposal is pending since marchhighlights of gb meeting corporator deepraj pardikar said the nmc constructed platforms for vendors at the cost of rs25 lakh on a private land nmc is not allotting them to vendors causing financial loss he said corporator abha pande demanded action mayor directed the administration