Chief Minister Narayan Rane had appointed a committee under Nand Lal on March 4 to probe the breakdown of governance in Ulhasnagar following a series of reports in Express Newsline. The list of corporators involved in illegal constructions is only one among many expected to be handed over by Nand Lal to the commissioner. A UMC official pointed out: ``Considering that 90 per cent of the structures in Ulhasnagar are illegal, we trust the list is merely the first in a series.''

Ulhasnagar Mayor Yashaswini Naik lauded ``the efforts to bring the guilty to book,'' and said, ``the authorities should indiscriminately demolish all these (illegal) structures.'' She added: ``If the demolition drive is undertaken, I willensure that my partymen will back the civic commissioner.''

The outgoing standing committee chairperson, Prakash Makhija, who had created quite a stir in municipal circles by winding up almost all standing committee meetings during his tenure in less than 10-15 minutes told Express Newsline: ``Till the authorities continue to target only selected people, the problem will persist. There has to be some uniformity in the action.''

Some corporators have complained that they are being singled out for ``unjust treatment.'' Reacting to this, Nand Lal said, ``What the motives of the complainant are is not my lookout. I am only concerned about whether the complainant is true and whether I am being fair with the person against whom the complaint has been made.'' Commissioner Kale has said the UMC will take action in all cases of unauthorised constructions. ``We have already initiated action in a few cases,'' he pointed out.