The apathy of the MCGM towards the general public is a common knowledge, forcing the public to approach its elected representative to get a voice for its problems. But it has now come to light that the condition of the Peoples representatives are also far from satisfaction, through a reply to a query filed by RTI Activist Anil Galgali, almost 243 resolutions adopted by the Municipal Corporation and its Committees have received a Royal ignore from the Municipal Commissioner and are pending for cognizance and action.
RTI Activist Anil Galgali had sought a list of pending resolutions moved by the Councillors from the Administrative Officer of the Municipal Commissioners Office. This query was transferred to the Municipal Secretary Office by the MC Office. The Dy Municipal Secretary & The Public Information Officer of the Municipal Secretary department, Smt Shobhana Yerandkar, in a reply to the query forwarded the copy of the Municipal Corporations Monthly Program list along-with its annexures for the month of January 2015. They also provided a list of pending 243 resolutions upto 30th September 2014. The Municipal Secretary department has also questioned the Municipal Commissioner why such a report was not generated before 31st December 2014. Amongst these resolutions were some of very useful resolutions for the benefit of Mumbai, which has been stone walled by the Commissioner. Expressing regrets about the actions of the Commissioner, Anil Galgali has written a letter to the CM Devendra Fadnavis demanding directions to all Municipal Commissioners including Mumbai to take actions and implement resolutions within 30 days of approval.
The 243 Various resolutions pending from 7 April 2003 upto 14 August 2014 include resolution to felicitate Sachin Tendulkar on behalf of the MCGM in a grand felicitation program, Raising a memorial from Late Nana Shankar Shet on a prominent location, Starting additional Colleges of Municipal Corporation, Rehabilitating those handicapped in the terrorist attack or Earth quake by allotting shops in municipal markets or by giving them suitable jobs in MCGM, Erecting a Marathi Rangbhoomi Bavan, Developing gardens on open spaces, Instituting awards like Mumbai Ratna and Mumbai Bhushan to felicitate persons who contribute towards developing Mumbai, To restrict permissions to new constructions to overcome shortage of water supply prior to Monsoons, Developing Ringwells, To construct Memorials for Hutatma's describing their contributions, Giving permissions to raise heights of slums upto 18 feet, Repairs of Flower beds, Cancelling licences of Octroi Agents and giving the work of octroi collection to municipal staff, Removing encroachments on Footpaths and development of Footpaths on lines of Foreign countries, Collecting nominal rents from the structures constructed using corporators funds, Also establishing a separate room for regular updation of information of MCGM website.
Anil Galgali has further expressed that if the Municipal Commissioner implements many of these resolutions which are usefull for the citizens of Mumbai, the face of Mumbai will be much better. Galgali expressed further that the Commissioners negativity on such issues are not good for the interest of Mumbaikars.
RTI Activist Anil Galgali had sought a list of pending resolutions moved by the Councillors from the Administrative Officer of the Municipal Commissioners Office. This query was transferred to the Municipal Secretary Office by the MC Office. The Dy Municipal Secretary & The Public Information Officer of the Municipal Secretary department, Smt Shobhana Yerandkar, in a reply to the query forwarded the copy of the Municipal Corporations Monthly Program list along-with its annexures for the month of January 2015. They also provided a list of pending 243 resolutions upto 30th September 2014. The Municipal Secretary department has also questioned the Municipal Commissioner why such a report was not generated before 31st December 2014. Amongst these resolutions were some of very useful resolutions for the benefit of Mumbai, which has been stone walled by the Commissioner. Expressing regrets about the actions of the Commissioner, Anil Galgali has written a letter to the CM Devendra Fadnavis demanding directions to all Municipal Commissioners including Mumbai to take actions and implement resolutions within 30 days of approval.
The 243 Various resolutions pending from 7 April 2003 upto 14 August 2014 include resolution to felicitate Sachin Tendulkar on behalf of the MCGM in a grand felicitation program, Raising a memorial from Late Nana Shankar Shet on a prominent location, Starting additional Colleges of Municipal Corporation, Rehabilitating those handicapped in the terrorist attack or Earth quake by allotting shops in municipal markets or by giving them suitable jobs in MCGM, Erecting a Marathi Rangbhoomi Bavan, Developing gardens on open spaces, Instituting awards like Mumbai Ratna and Mumbai Bhushan to felicitate persons who contribute towards developing Mumbai, To restrict permissions to new constructions to overcome shortage of water supply prior to Monsoons, Developing Ringwells, To construct Memorials for Hutatma's describing their contributions, Giving permissions to raise heights of slums upto 18 feet, Repairs of Flower beds, Cancelling licences of Octroi Agents and giving the work of octroi collection to municipal staff, Removing encroachments on Footpaths and development of Footpaths on lines of Foreign countries, Collecting nominal rents from the structures constructed using corporators funds, Also establishing a separate room for regular updation of information of MCGM website.
Anil Galgali has further expressed that if the Municipal Commissioner implements many of these resolutions which are usefull for the citizens of Mumbai, the face of Mumbai will be much better. Galgali expressed further that the Commissioners negativity on such issues are not good for the interest of Mumbaikars.
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