Wrestler’s kin decline BMC’s flat proposal

MUMBAI: Wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s family turned down the civic body’s offer of an alternative accommodation and instead want a safety wall constructed since their Jogeshwari house is in an area prone to landslides.
“The authorities should build a safety wall behind our house,” Narsingh’s brother, Vinod, said. On Friday, standing committee chief Rahul Shewale visited Narsingh’s home in Jogeshwari.Narsingh Yadav, a 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and India’s strong medal hope at the London Olympics, has been living at the Sports Authority of India hostel in Kandivli since many years; Vinod’s family stays in Jogeshwari. Their dream of owning a 1,000-sq ft apartment would have been realized, had the Adarsh housing scam not come to light.
“One day before the then CM Ashok Chavan was to sanction my allotment, the scam surfaced. CM Prithviraj Chavan is also willing to consider our case,” Vinod said.