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BMC to scrap Alexandra Cinema reservation for residential use
Mumbai's BMC Improvement Committee will consider a proposal on Wednesday to cancel the cinema amenity on the 1,005-square-metre plot that once housed Alexandra Cinema in Byculla and rezone it for residential use.…
The Story in Brief
Mumbai's BMC Improvement Committee will consider a proposal on Wednesday to cancel the cinema amenity on the 1,005-square-metre plot that once housed Alexandra Cinema in Byculla and rezone it for residential use. The theatre has been shut since 2007, and the BMC says it is dilapidated and no longer viable. The proposal followed an application from the state waqf board to Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, forwarded through the urban development department.
The Indian Opinion
The Kamathipura committee has a point: in a neighbourhood about to be transformed by a massive redevelopment, losing one of the last recreational spots seems short-sighted. The BMC calls the cinema economically unviable and dilapidated, but the real test is whether the civic body will first offer the plot for a community hall or park before it becomes another high-rise. Why approve a de-reservation before the Mhada project's own recreational needs are assessed?
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