The land is a Mahar Vatan land which cannot be sold, used for residential or commercial purpose without the government’s permission. The watandars are tenants on this land. Deshmukh said they got the permission from the state on June 17 last year to acquire the land and procedure was on for the same.
Citizen committees have written to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan after a member found out through RTI that the land was meant for ring railway, high capacity mass transit route and playground.