• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed a rally at Central Park, Nalasopara East, a week before polling in Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVCMC).
• He said VVCMC is the only corporation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) that has seen development at a very slow pace.
• Fadnavis said the corporation was used as an “ATM”.
• He thanked residents for giving a clear mandate in the assembly elections in the Vasai, Nalasopara and Boisar seats.
• He spoke about illegal construction in Vasai Virar and said demolitions have taken place.
• He said the government is creating a new cluster policy to help poor people get legal homes.
• He said a metro link will connect Vasai Virar from Shivaji Chowk, Mira Road, to improve connectivity with Mumbai.
• The article says a new railway line was also mentioned, but the text is cut off before details are given.
• Present at the rally were local leaders, local MLAs and Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik.

• Political activists in Vasai Virar exposed an MRTP notice scam involving notices issued for illegal constructions.
• Activists said many notices are "legally ineffective" because they do not include basic identification of the property.
• Senior VVCMC officials said a circular will soon make it mandatory to mention essential property details in MRTP notices.
• The notices are issued to the landowner and the developer/contractor.
• The issue concerns enforcement against illegal constructions in Vasai Virar.

• The Enforcement Directorate raided 12 locations linked to former Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation commissioner Anil Kumar Pawar.
• It seized ₹1.32 crore cash and several documents related to property transactions and construction approvals.
• The raids were conducted across Vasai, Pune, Thane and Nashik in a probe into unauthorised residential and commercial constructions in the Vasai-Virar region.
• At Pawar’s official residence in Vasai, officials allegedly waited nearly 25 minutes before the gate was opened, and suspect electronic devices may have been tampered with during the delay.
• Pawar was transferred to the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, Thane, on 17 July.
• Sources claim he continued to operate from VVMC for 8–10 days after the transfer and held undisclosed meetings with builders and architects.
• He allegedly signed several building permits and construction files during that period.
• Opposition leaders have demanded cancellation of all construction approvals and permits issued after his transfer and called for freezing the files immediately.
• The ED is expected to summon more people as it examines the financial trail, electronic data and seized documents to trace links between developers, officials and unauthorised construction activity.

Naigaon Police booked six individuals for illegally dumping cement waste and construction debris along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway in East Naigaon. The dumping contaminated local natural water sources and posed public health risks. Debris dumping observed at multiple locations: Versova Bridge, Sasunavghar, Maljipada, Chinchoti, Naigaon, Sativali Phata, Pelhar, and Virar. On September 19, construction waste from a demolished building near Vasmanaya Railway Bridge was dumped roadside, causing major traffic obstructions and contaminating water sources near Bapane village. Case registered under Sections 125, 285, 279, 326(C), and 315 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1995. Police launched crackdown on covert waste dumping along the highway.