Amid "surveillance" allegations raised by Shiv Sena (UBT) after a drone was spotted near Uddhav Thackeray's residence in Mumbai, the MMRDA on Sunday clarified that the UAV was used for a POD taxi project survey with prior permission of the police. Responding to Aaditya Thackeray's post on X, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority stated the drone exercise was conducted to aid a visual study of the approved alignment for the Personal Rapid Transit (POD) taxi project along Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC).

The authority had secured all necessary approvals from the police department on behalf of the concessionaire, and the survey, carried out over the past two days, was monitored by police personnel and officials concerned, it said. The project is being executed on a public-private p

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