Maharashtra
Mumbai News: BMC Team Seizes 593 kg of Banned Plastic, Collects Rs 13.40 Lakh in Fines During Raids

Mumbai: The recently established special team of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has conducted raids across 6,018 locations in the city, confiscating 593 kg of prohibited plastic. Since August 21, the civic body has imposed fines totaling Rs 13.40 lakh. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials and police personnel are also actively participating in these operations.
Fines ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000
The BMC reinstated its campaign against plastic bans on July 1, 2022. Ward-specific teams overseeing markets, shops, and licensed establishments visit their respective areas to seize banned plastic. Shopkeepers employing prohibited plastic face fines ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000. MPCB requested BMC to involve their officials in the drive, leading to the formation of a five-member squad in each ward to combat plastic use. About 120 officials are engaged in tackling plastic use and sales citywide. BMC’s license department data shows that in the last five days, the team inspected approximately 1,87,791 shops and establishments.
Since July 2022, the BMC has confiscated 5,980 kg of plastic and collected Rs 96.35 lakh in penalties. Plans are underway to recycle the confiscated plastic currently stored in their warehouse. The civic body intends to establish centers in five administrative wards to gather plastic from citizens. Collected plastic will be handed over to NGOs to be converted into benches, dustbins, and other items.
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.

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

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

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.
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