Mangal Lodha

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Mangal Prabhat Lodha (born 1 December 1955) is a businessman and politician. He is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party's Mumbai unit. He is the founder of the Macrotech Developers, a Mumbai-based real estate developer.^[1] He

e is also the Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Malabar Hill constituency of South Mumbai.^[2]

Early life and education[]

Mangal Prabhat Lodha was born and brought up in a Marwari Jain household in a Marwari^[3] family in Jodhpur, India. His father Guman Mal Lodha was a freedom fighter and was former chief justice of the Guwahati High Court. He is married to Manju Lodha and has two children.^[4] Lodha completed his B.Com and LLB from the University of Jodhpur and practised law in the Jodhpur High Court. Once his father was appointed a judge in the same court, he moved his practice.^[5]

In 1981, he moved to Mumbai and laid the foundation of the Lodha Group.^[6][7]

Career in real estate development[]

His firm, Macrotech Developers (erstwhile Lodha Developers), currently has 30 projects under construction covering 35 million square feet, including a 117-story luxury high-rise in central Mumbai called "World One," with some apartments being designed by world-renowned designer Giorgio Armani. The company is also known for investing over $1 billion in developing New Cuffe Parade, an upcoming township that comprised four 63-storey towers on a 23-acre site.^[8] The company is currently being run by his sons, ^[9] and Abhinandan. Lodha Developers' shares started trading on NSE (National Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) on 19 April 2021.^[10]

Political career[]

Lodha was interested from a young age in politics and national issues and was an active member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad in his youth.^[11]

Lodha has been the MLA of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, representing the Malabar Hill constituency for five consecutive terms since 1995, after beating the then incumbent of the Indian National Congress.^[12]

As a legislator, Lodha played a key role in the enactment of the Right to Information Act (RTI), an act that aimed to reduce corruption by giving the common man a tool to gather knowledge. He was also the first to introduce the Right to Information bill in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, and ensured that the Bill was passed despite stern opposition.^[13] He helped set up the Animal Welfare Board in Maharashtra and has currently proposed a law against cow slaughter in the state.^{[citation needed]}

Social and political contributions[]

Some of his trust’s notable social contributions include

• Mobile health clinics run using medical vans that organise free medical camps for two hours each in morning and evening so as to provide affordable services to the community.
• School Health Camps that include Regular health check-ups for children studying in Primary and Secondary level in 35 government-aided and private schools.
• "Nirogi Mahila Abhiyan," which is a campaign that aimed at improving the health and welfare of women and young girls who live in places with poor health/hygiene conditions such as slums and do not have easy access to or cannot afford proper medical care.
• "Jeevan Asha Yojana," which is an initiative that aims to raise financial aid and medical help for patients who are too poor to meet the expenses of expensive medical treatments and surgeries.
• An initiative to control the spread of serious illness due to Dengue and Malaria in the city by fogging unhygienic areas such as stagnant water in drainage systems and other places in slums and housing societies.
• An initiative to clean the water tanks in housing societies, schools, colleges and police stations. The initiative claims to benefit about 500 complexes and cleans more than 4,000 tanks every year.
• Opening generic pharmacy shops with the aim to provide patients with good quality medicine at a low cost. Each pharmacy is said to come equipped over 270 types of medicines.

In 2014, he proposed the building of a coastal freeway from Nariman Point to Virar and from Nariman Point to Ghatkopar through Eastern Freeway.^[14]

Controversy[]

A buyer of Lodha Group's Wadala project flat published YouTube videos claiming irregularities by the company.^{[15][16][17][18]} The company sued the lady and her partner for defamation but lost the case in the court.^[19]

References[]

External links[]

• Mangal Prabhat Lodha Official Website