NAGPUR: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has appointed Congress MLA from Nagpur West Vikas Thakre as a trustee of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT). He will remain NIT trustee till the end of his term as an MLA or till further orders of the state government.
At present, Bhushan Shingane of BJP is a trustee of NIT from Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) quota. His term is up to February 2022. Standing committee chairperson of NMC is ex officio trustee of the NIT.
Thakre’s appointment has been done quite late as the MVA had come to power in November 2019. There are only two MVA MLAs in the city — Thakre and Nitin Raut. As Raut is a cabinet minister, Thakre had no other competitors.
BJP government led by Devendra Fadnavis had decided to dissolve the NIT, but MVA government wants to make it development authority for Gunthewari layouts. The MVA cabinet is, however, yet to annul Fadnavis government’s decision about the future of the NIT.