BMC extends suggestion deadline
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the deadline for filing suggestions and objections about illegal shrines in the city by over two months. The last date will be now April 22. The civic body has so far received 178 suggestions and objections on the illegal shrines.
The BMC had announced a list of 534 illegal shrines and given time till January 28 to the concerned parties to respond. However, following fervent demands from public, the BMC had extended the deadline up to February 12, and now it has been further extended up to April 22.
According to civic sources, any shrine that is in existence from 1964 would be of legal status. People objecting the illegal status of these shrines were asked to submit the necessary documents to prove that the shrine existed before that period.
“Along with suggestions and objections, people have also submitted documents about concerned shrines, and asked for hearing to decide on their status. Some have also asked for shifting of the shrines instead of demolition, while some have drawn attention to new shrines in their areas,” said a senior civic official.
According to the sources, these suggestions and objections will be sent to the respected ward offices for scrutiny.
The ward officer will hear them and a report will be submitted to civic level committee headed by the municipal commissioner.
The committee will decide whether to demolish, shift or regulate them. Depending on its findings a report will be sent to the state government asking them to decide on the course of action.
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