India, March 18 -- The Maharashtra government has ordered an audit into housing projects in the city wherein developers were required to hand over tenements to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for Permanent Transit Camps (PTC) and Project Affected Persons (PAP) in exchange for additional floor space index (FSI).

The audit will be completed within 30 days, minister of state for urban development Madhuri Misal told the legislative assembly on Tuesday.

Misal admitted that some developers had violated the Development Control Regulations (DCR) by selling tenements meant for rehabilitation in the open market. Calling it a potential major corruption case, she said criminal proceedings would be initiated against errant developers as...