Corporators concerned about encroachment on open spaces
Friday, 21 March 2014 09:08
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The Times of India 21.03.2014
Corporators concerned about encroachment on open spaces KOLHAPUR:
Members of the standing committee on Thursday asked the civic
administration to take steps to name the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
(KMC) as the property owner of the 1,100 open spaces in the city, which
are increasingly facing the threat of encroachment.
Standing
committee chairman Sachin Chavan and corporators Subhash Ramugade,
Sangita Devekar and Satish Lolage complained that the 1,100 open spaces
reserved in the city have either been sold or face encroachments. Over
the years, the estate department has registered KMC's name as the owner
in only 600 properties, Chavan said.
"The open space reserved
in Ward B was sold by the original owner since KMC failed to name itself
as the property owner. The delay in the transfer of property also
caused encroachment over the open space near Khare Mangal Karyalaya. The
KMC should initiate criminal action against the person who had sold the
open space," members said.
The administration assured the
committee members that the encroachments would be removed immediately.
"We will ask the town planning, estate and other concerned departments
to coordinate and remove the encroachments," administration said. "The
issue of the open space in ward B is sub judice and the administration
cannot comment on it. But when the owner requested for the permission to
sell the open space, KMC had rejected it," administration
representatives told the committee.
Administration also told
the committee that it will present the report of the progress in
construction of the Keshavrao Bhosale natyagruha and Shahu Khasbaug
Maidan before the committee members.
Construction of sewage
treatment plant (STP) at Dudhali to process 17 million litres of waste
water each day has been stopped by contractor, administration told
member Mahesh Sawant. KMC has proposed to impose fine of Rs 10,000 each
day for the delay in the work over contractor, administration informed.
The project is in the pipeline for eight months despite the work order
being issued. However, the actual work could not start since several
technical sanctions were pending. Dudhali STP was scheduled to be
completed by June and now KMC is struggling to meet the deadline.
The project is important to curb the pollution of Rankala Lake as
sewage water from Sarnaik Vasahat, Old Vashi Naka, Sham Society and
Shivaji Peth will be collected by drainage pipeline from these areas and
carried to the Dudhali STP. Approximately, 2.5 MLD sewage water gets
discharged directly into the lake.
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BMC to issue certificates before razing shaky buildings
Friday, 21 March 2014 08:08
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The Times of India 21.03.2014
BMC to issue certificates before razing shaky buildings MUMBAI:
In a bid to persuade the residents of private societies to vacate their
dilapidated buildings, ward offices will issue them a certificate of
occupancy before razing such structures.
"Issuing a certificate
to private societies instils a sense of security into the residents.
Before razing a building, BMC officials note down the number of persons
present there and their names. This, along with a picture of the
building, will appear on a certificate duly signed by the assistant
commissioner of the ward," said a civic official. The system is already
being followed in P(north) ward in Malad and M(east) ward in Chembur.
This ensures that once a new building comes up after the demolition of
the old structure, the rightful owners get their due and there is no
scope of fraud.
The BMC move comes in the wake of occupants in
private societies showing reluctance to vacate flats even after getting
demolition notices. "Occupants of buildings on pagadi (rent) system get a
rent receipt but no carpet area is mentioned there. We measure the
carpet area in their presence. This is a way to ensure that they were
the actual occupants of the buildings," said D K Jain, assistant
commissioner, P(north) ward. Vishwas Shankarwar, assistant commissioner,
K(west) ward, said that in case of private buildings the BMC was
restrained from disconnecting electricity and water supply due to a
Bombay high court order.
"We attempt to vacate the buildings
with the help of police," he said.TOI reported on Thursday that there
were around 593 dilapidated buildings in Mumbai of which only 41
municipal buildings, 125 private buildings and three government
buildings have been vacated. The BMC will provide alternate
accommodation in Mankhurd to all residents vacating municipal buildings.
There are 32,429 buildings above 30 years old in Mumbai and the BMC has
sent notices under section of 353 (B) of MMC Act to conduct structural
audits to 13,779 buildings.
Other than a visual inspection, a
non-destructive test while conducting structural audits of buildings is
mandatory and it includes taking some portions ---the core from columns
and beams and sending it for testing in a laboratory.
In some wards, BMC issues certificates to residents of private buildings that have been declared dangerous
BMC takes stock of the number and names of members present and the
picture of the building on the certificate, which is duly signed by the
assistant commissioner of the ward
The BMC certificate provides a sense of security to the residents before vacating the building
BMC will provide alternate accommodation in Mankhurd to all residents vacating municipal buildings.
Mayor gives 2-day ultimatum to encroachers
Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:50
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The Times of India 30.01.2014 Mayor gives 2-day ultimatum to encroachers
NASHIK: Mayor Yatin Wagh on Wednesday gave encroachers in Nashik Road area an ultimatum of two days, failing which; the unauthorized structures would be removed by the civic administration. Wagh was on a visit to division to take a look at the encroachments.
The mayor visited areas near Shivaji statue, Devi Chowk, the railway station, Muktidham, Masjid road, Jail Road, Bytco and other surrounding areas of the Nashik Road division.
For the last week, the mayor has been visiting various areas of the city that are allegedly encroached and instructing the officials concerned to clear them. The anti-encroachment department of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has been demolishing illegal structures since Monday.
On Tuesday, the mayor visited the area near Sarda Circle where around 30 shops have been allegedly built on encroached land.
"There are a lot of encroachments in these areas, particularly on the footpaths. We have instructed the encroachers to remove them in two days, or else the NMC will remove them. Hawkers, kiosk owners, vegetable and other vendors and show owners extending their shops right up to the footpath are the issues of concern in the area," said chairman of the NMC's standing committee, Ramesh Dhongade, who accompanied the mayor during the visit.
Officials of the Nashik Road division said that even though they remove the encroachments periodically, but they keep cropping up time and again.
"We conduct regular drives to remove encroachments, but the temporary ones keep coming back. Now, with the mayor's orders, we hope the roads will become encroachment-free," an official of the Nashik Road division said.
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