Updated On: 05 February, 2014 07:48 AM IST | | Ravikiran Deshmukh
<p>Claim that the body, which is directly controlled by the CM, has remained non-functional since November last year</p>

The Mumbai Slum Improvement Board, a wing of MHADA, which caters to the basic needs of slum pockets in the city, came under sharp criticism from Congress MPs yesterday. They alleged that the board has remained non-functional since last November.

Being its traditional vote bank, Congress is spending crores of rupees on development work in slum pockets across the city through the slum board. Representation pic