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BMC tells Bombay HC it will stop parking garbage vans near heritage sites
BMC tells Bombay HC it will stop parking garbage vans near heritage sites
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure garbage transport vehicles are not parked near heritage sites in the Fort area, after BMC gave an undertaking to strictly comply. A bench led by Justice Girish Kulkarni was hearing petitions related to the Kanjurmarg dumping ground and recorded BMC's assurance that it would adhere to recent orders prohibiting collection and parking of such vehicles near Mumbai University, the high court, City Civil Court and Oval Maidan.
BMC's affidavit said show-cause notices were issued to senior officers of the solid waste management department and a nodal officer was appointed to monitor compliance. The court accepted the undertaking and directed the civic body to take all care and caution. The high court observed that positive steps must be taken for improving health and hygiene in the area.
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The Bombay High Court’s intervention follows long-standing complaints from heritage conservationists about the civic body's neglect of Fort area, a precinct that houses 19th-century Gothic and Neoclassical structures among India’s densest concentration of Grade-I heritage buildings. The Kanjurmarg dumping ground case, under which these orders were issued, has dragged on since 2019 over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s failure to scientifically close the 100-acre landfill. Health hazards from uncollected municipal solid waste, including foul odour and vermin, have been a recurrent problem in South Mumbai's business district. The court’s next hearing will test whether BMC can enforce discipline across all 24 wards, given past compliance failures. A fine or contempt proceeding becomes the concrete next step if the undertaking is breached.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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