Connect with us
Saturday,29-March-2025
Breaking News

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, & NCP ex-corporators swamp outside commissioner’s cabin for BMC’s corpus fund

Published

on

Mumbai: The BMC has kept a corpus fund of Rs. 900 crores for development works across the city. The fund can be claimed by any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) or ex-corporator for specific development works.

However, they will need the final approval of the guardian minister, said the senior civic official. The civic decision has upset the ex-corporators of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The delegation of ex-corporators from ShivSena (UBT), Congress and Nationalist Congress party (NCP) met BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Monday, and asked for equal distribution of funds among the representatives. 

Use of Corpus fund

Around Rs.3.60 crores of funds is allocated in a budget to every corporator to carry out development works in their respective wards. Currently, there is no elected corporator’s body in place and the BMC is under an administrator’s rule. So being an election year, the BMC has kept Rs.900 crores for several development works in the city. The ex-corporators of MVA, protested against the BMC’s decision on Monday evening.

We will not tolerate discrimination: Shiv Sena (UBT) minister

Former Mayor of Shiv Sena (UBT) Vishwanath Mahadeshwar said, “How can the guardian Minister decide the utilisation of civic funds? The fund should be distributed equally irrespective of party. We will not tolerate any discrimination in distribution of development funds, since we also need to carry out work in our wards. If still, the BMC goes ahead with their plan, then they will have to face an agitation of the ex-corporators.” 

Ravi Raja, former Opposition leader of the BMC said, “Instead of giving the power to guardian minister, let the assistant municipal commissioner(AMC) decide about the allocation. The ex-corporators will send their requirement letters of development work in their respective wards to the AMC. Why do you need a guardian minister for it?”

The ex-corporators also protested outside the municipal commissioner’s cabin in BMC headquarters on Monday. Meanwhile, the senior civic official clarified that, “The fund will be distributed without any discrimination between former corporator, MLA or even an MP. Any representative who asks for the fund will be allocated the amount for the specific development works in their respective wards or constituency. But the decision of final approval lies with the guardian minister, he added. Earlier on February 17, Shiv Sena’s (UBT) former corporators had alleged a preferential treatment in the civic budget to 79 former BJP corporator’s wards. 

disaster

Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

Published

on

Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

Published

on

Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

Published

on

Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

Continue Reading

Trending