State to unveil city’s cluster redevpt policy on Monday

Nagpur: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has ruled out regularizing illegal constructions under the cluster development policy. The guidelines to rebuild the city's old constructions in the form of clusters will be announced on Monday.      Replying to the demand by the saffron combine for a cluster policy in Thane and other cities, Chavan said the policy for other cities will come up within a month. "In Mumbai, there has been a huge response to single-plot redevelopment but unfortunately there were few takers for the cluster policy and only two schemes are being taken up in the entire city," he said.  Sahay death: Probe on      Months after the death of additional DGPRKSahay, the state government is yet to conclude whether the cop died in an accident or committed suicide. "A committee of doctors has been set up," said home minister R R Patil.  '557 prisoners at large'      During the last five years 693 inmates fled from prisons in Maharashtra and only 136 could be arrested again, said home minister R R Patil.  13K died in mishaps: RR      In 2012, nearly 13,333 people died in 66,316 road mishaps in the state. Home minister R R Patil said around 24,323 were seriously injured last year.  Toll exemption for ST buses      Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan announced that the state transport (ST) buses will be exempt from paying toll in future road projects.  'Fraudsters' list to grow'      State home minister R R Patil said the list of fraudsters involved in the Rs 5600-crore National Spot Exchange Ltd scam could grow. "Investigators will need time to unearth more details," he added. "The issue was mostly related to the CBI and the Centre's Forward Markets Commission," Patil said.  36% patrol boats under repair: Patil H ome minister R R Patil announced in the House that the city's policemen will soon get 5,000 bulletproof jackets. "Twelve out of the 33 coastal patrol boats are undergoing repair and tenders to instal CCTV cameras have been floated again," Patil said. Necco Defense Systems, a firm based in Nagpur, was will be supplying the vests, he added. TNN