Mahim corporators don’t show up at Crawford Market’s Jawab Dya Abhiyan
Mahim residents were let down when five corporators of the G/North ward kept them waiting for one-and-a-half hours at the Jawab Diya Abhiyan meeting last week (November 1) and eventually none of them showed up.
The Mahiti Adhikar Manch, Mahim, organised the meet to discuss issues relating to Crawford Market being developed by a private developer.
Residents had invited corporators – Meena Desai and Naresh Mane from Congress, and Snehal Jadhav, Ajit Pandit and Santosh Parab from the Shiv Sena.
“The corporators have proved that they are not concerned about the market being re-developed by a private builder, even if it nears a huge loss for the BMC,” said Ashok Dattar, an organiser of the meeting.
Angry residents have now decided to display absentee corporators’ posters with their names on it at various buildings, so that residents remember them when they come asking for votes in the next election, said Mahim resident Ayesha Khan.
Pandit questioned why the Manch was interested in the issue, which is not supposed to be discussed at the ward level, alleged Dattar, adding that Desai had agreed to attend the meeting, but later excused herself saying she had a meeting with the chief minister.
By: Somita Pal, November 6, 2007
Corporators ka jawab nahin!