Salman Khan’s Being Human gets blacklisted by BMC

Salman Khan and controversies go hand in hand. Now the actor has made headlines for his NGO Being Human which has been blacklisted by the BMC for not setting up concessional dialysis units in Bandra over a year after being allotted the project.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a showcase notice to the foundation and has also abandoned the NGO’s deposit, is now floating new tenders for the project.

Salman’s Being Human Foundation was supposed to set up 24 dialysis machines at Allied Cooperative Society on St John’s Road in Pali Hill, reported Mumbai Mirror. Idez Kundan, Additional Municipal Commissioner in-charge of health, confirmed that Being Human was issued a show cause notice.

A civil official in a statement said “Being Human, which was shortlisted for running the dialysis center at Bandra (West), had paid the bank guarantee and was granted all the necessary permissions to go ahead with the project. But with the project not taking off, we have issued them a show-cause notice warning that they would be blacklisted,”

Loretta Lewis, a representative from Being Human, said in an email statement. “The Being Human Foundation has certain mandatory requirements which need to be included in contracts. There were discussions around those which ultimately did not materialise. There was no formal contract/MoU signed at all,”

On the work front, Salman Khan is lined up with Race 3 and Bharat.