MUMBAI: If you seek advice from Juhu seashore anytime quickly, the development paintings in development there is sure to catch your consideration.
While BMC maintains it's been doing improvement and widening paintings on a hurricane water drain pipeline at the spot for just about the previous one month in view of the upcoming monsoon, Juhu residents declare the development is new and as it is an RCC construction, it requires particular permissions no longer received by way of the civic body.
Architect P K Das, who spotted the paintings, wondered the local (K West) ward officers about it and was informed that hurricane water drain works have been in development. Das, on the other hand, stated the pipeline had never been on the facet of the seashore – towards its northern finish – the place paintings is now on. TOI visited the website online on Monday and found sand shifted across a patch of the seashore and construction paintings taking place. The BMC had determined to finish all pre-monsoon works by way of May 31, however paintings right here was on in full swing. Local activists fear that as construction of the field drain would should be above seashore degree, it would reason obstruction to hundreds of other people walking on the seashore each day. It could additionally lead to accidents.
Activist and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit stated, “For undertaking any new construction paintings on a sandy seashore, particular permissions from the surroundings department are required. We have our doubts about whether those had been received. We are going to call for strict action in opposition to those that allowed such works.”
Assistant civic commissioner of K West ward, Prashant Gaikwad, advised TOI, “There was already a hurricane water drain pipeline there, which is being widened.” V Khankar, an legit from BMC’s hurricane water drain department, stated there have been waterlogging problems within the house, and by way of improving the drain, they are most effective looking to make the situation better,” he stated.
While BMC maintains it's been doing improvement and widening paintings on a hurricane water drain pipeline at the spot for just about the previous one month in view of the upcoming monsoon, Juhu residents declare the development is new and as it is an RCC construction, it requires particular permissions no longer received by way of the civic body.
Architect P K Das, who spotted the paintings, wondered the local (K West) ward officers about it and was informed that hurricane water drain works have been in development. Das, on the other hand, stated the pipeline had never been on the facet of the seashore – towards its northern finish – the place paintings is now on. TOI visited the website online on Monday and found sand shifted across a patch of the seashore and construction paintings taking place. The BMC had determined to finish all pre-monsoon works by way of May 31, however paintings right here was on in full swing. Local activists fear that as construction of the field drain would should be above seashore degree, it would reason obstruction to hundreds of other people walking on the seashore each day. It could additionally lead to accidents.
Activist and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit stated, “For undertaking any new construction paintings on a sandy seashore, particular permissions from the surroundings department are required. We have our doubts about whether those had been received. We are going to call for strict action in opposition to those that allowed such works.”
Assistant civic commissioner of K West ward, Prashant Gaikwad, advised TOI, “There was already a hurricane water drain pipeline there, which is being widened.” V Khankar, an legit from BMC’s hurricane water drain department, stated there have been waterlogging problems within the house, and by way of improving the drain, they are most effective looking to make the situation better,” he stated.
Juhu: BMC, locals spar over Juhu work
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