Adarsh Housing Society gets a week to reply

The Environment Ministry has given seven days to the Adarsh Housing Society to reply to its showcause notice, turning down the controversy-hit residential project?s plea seeking four weeks time.

The ministry has earlier slapped a notice to the society asking why the structure should not be razed for violating its norms. The society had subsequently sought four-weeks time citing ?unavailability of space and basic necessities?.

Calling the request ?demonstratively unreasonable?, the Ministry of Environment & Forests on Monday refused to oblige.

The 30-storey apartment has been in the centre of a brewing sham over the land it was built upon, its environment clearances and the allotment of flats. The controversy had even led to the resignation of Ashok Chavan as the Maharashtra Chief Minister on earlier this month.