India, July 29 -- In a significant step towards reviving one of the city's largest stalled healthcare projects, the BMC Improvements Committee on Tuesday approved a proposal to revive the long-delayed SevenHills Hospital project at Marol through a restructured public-private partnership (PPP) with Capri Global Holdings Pvt Ltd. The proposal was cleared by the Shiv Sena-BJP-led ruling alliance despite strong objections from the opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress.

The proposal first came before the Improvements Committee in May but remained undecided after a heated discussion. On Tuesday, it was tabled again. Opposition members once more questioned the need to bring in a private operator and objected to the proposal being processed wi...