India, Oct. 16 -- The Maharashtra government has approved a Rs.94.12-crore proposal by the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganpati Mandir Trust to acquire 20 residential and commercial units in the adjoining Ram Mansion Cooperative Housing Society in Prabhadevi. The acquisition was approved to ease crowd management and expand facilities for devotees at one of Mumbai's busiest temples.

The government has authorised the trust to purchase the residential units at Rs.66,000 per square foot, calculated on the basis of the existing carpet area, with the price of an additional 40% carpet area thrown in to make the offer tempting. The commercial premises will be acquired at Rs.1.11 lakh per square foot. A government resolution to this effect was issued on T...