Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Who changed the street name in Vile Parle? BMC clueless, reveals RTI

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.