Mumbai: Maharashtra's BJP government has sanctioned a 2,000 square metre plot to Bollywood actress-turned-lawmaker Hema Malini to set up a classical dance school, almost 20 years after she had approached the state government for a plot.
Revenue minister Eknath Khadse today handed over the sanction order to the actress who is also a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer at his official residence.
The plot is located in Ambivli area in suburban Andheri and the actress will be given 'final possession orders' by the district collector, only after complying with certain stipulations.
These include a provision that the actress' Natyavihar Kala Kendra Charity Trust will have to develop a garden on specified area of the plot and keep it open for public use.
"It also states that as the organisation is a trust, it cannot earn profit," a spokesperson for Mr Khadse said in a statement.
Hema Malini had first approached the state government with a request for a plot in 1996.
"Land to the trust was first sanctioned to me by late Bal Thackeray during the then Sena-BJP government rule," she said.
"However, later, the plot was marked under coastal regulation zone and I sought another plot. I pursued the matter with then Chief Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan," the BJP lawmaker had said recently.
"I want the school to be a platform for children to learn, teach and perform classical dance," the actress added.
Revenue minister Eknath Khadse today handed over the sanction order to the actress who is also a celebrated Bharatanatyam dancer at his official residence.
The plot is located in Ambivli area in suburban Andheri and the actress will be given 'final possession orders' by the district collector, only after complying with certain stipulations.
"It also states that as the organisation is a trust, it cannot earn profit," a spokesperson for Mr Khadse said in a statement.
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"Land to the trust was first sanctioned to me by late Bal Thackeray during the then Sena-BJP government rule," she said.
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"I want the school to be a platform for children to learn, teach and perform classical dance," the actress added.
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