DNA: Mumbai: Tuesday, February 09, 2016.
The
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation responding to a Right To information (RTI)
query has revealed that they do not have any documental proof of changing the
name of Hanuman Road number 2 in Vile Parle to Samartha Marg.
To know the
correct residential address and avoid the confusion that has been going on from
three years, a resident of Hanuman Road in Vile Parle and social activist,
Leena Prabhoo, filed the RTI application with BMC’s Assistant Commissioner of
K/E ward.
According to
the residents, the name of the Hanuman Road number 2 street was changed to
Samartha Marg around three years ago. Leena Prabhoo filed a RTI application in
the first week of January requesting for the information about the final status
of the name change so that the residents are clear about the address.
While talking
with Iamin, Prabhoo said, “If the name of the street has been changed, the
residents need to know so that we change the address in the government
documents also that serve as a valid address proof. Before changing the name,
they should have at least consulted the residents.”
The BMC’s K/E
ward Public Information Officer, Nanda Dalvi in the response to the application
stated that there is no such street as ‘Samaratha Marg’ in K/E ward because of
which the information asked cannot be provided to the applicant.
“I will be
applying for the appeal first as well as start a signature campaign so that the
street can get its previous name back as the boards have been changed to
Samartha Marg. This will help us get rid of the inconvenience residents have
been facing from all these years,” added Prabhoo.