The Aam Adami Occasion (AAP) on Wednesday alleged that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) led by Shiv Sena failed to scrub up town’s rivers and nullah because the southwest monsoon approached.
The president of the AAP’s Mumbai unit, Preeti Sharma Menon, mentioned get together volunteers had visited a number of rivers, nullah rivers and storm sewers and seen that the civics company had carried out a poor job. efficient.
“The get together municipal unit visited all flood susceptible areas and examined rivers, nullahs and storm drains (SWDs) that brought on the flooding. We had been shocked to seek out that not one of the phenomena preceded the monsoon,” Menon mentioned.
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“Solely 28% of nullahs and SWDs in south Mumbai have been cleaned, whereas 58% of nullahs and SWDs have been cleaned within the japanese suburbs,” she mentioned.
Equally, 50% of nullahs and SWDs within the western suburbs have but to be cleaned, she mentioned, claiming that even the BMC admits it solely cleans 55% of town’s small nallahs, she added. .
Even in response to BMC’s personal information, the massive nullahs and SWDs within the metropolis are nonetheless removed from exterminated.
If the BMC’s personal paperwork and their on-line monitoring instrument are discovered to be dependable, then solely 43% of town’s nullahs and SWDs and solely 84% of the Mithi River have been scaled.
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The civil authority issued a discover to the contractor, asking why it’s not advisable to take actions reminiscent of terminating the contract, continuing with the remaining work on the contractor’s danger and expense, unsubscribing and blacklisted the unit.
The BMC provides that a big portion of the nullah, together with the Poisar River, Chandravarkar nullah and one other 48 nullahs have but to be cleaned.
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Hitting the state authorities on coping with the issue, Menon mentioned, “12 months after yr, the Shiv Sena authorities has proven full indifference in direction of the loss of life and devastation brought on in Mumbai. The only aim. Their most is looting the BMC and their recklessness in direction of pre-monsoon preparation has nothing to do with felony intent.”
She added: “It’s time to bury ‘God Mumbai’ and convey felony fees in opposition to these liable for the floods we are going to inevitably face.
Mumbaikers be warned! We’ll all drown on this monsoon like all of us @mybmc River cleansing claims, nallah, swds are faux. @AAPMumbai require felony negligence instances to be filed in opposition to these accountable, specifically @Shivsena leaders #BMC__ pic.twitter.com/THk8oPfUrY
– Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) May 11, 2022
One other AAP chief, Gopal Jhaveri, criticized BMC officers, saying, “The sheer deception behind the Mithi River cleanup report proves that one thing is unsuitable with the BMC. Plainly there’s something unsuitable with the BMC. There’s a nice connection between the river cleansing contractors and town authorities, they usually consider that the lifetime of the Mumbaikars is a small value to pay.”
AAP request to resolve the issue
In the meantime, the AAP has requested a chosen impartial exterior company to examine the pre-monsoon preparedness and all contractors and officers who failed to finish the work, in addition to those that reported errors. can be tried for tried homicide.
The get together additionally urged that ought to town flood once more throughout this monsoon, felony negligence instances could be filed with councilors representing these wards.
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