Criticizing the ruling BJP within the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for its anti-encroachment drive in Ambil Odha, Congress chief and state minister Nitin Raut on Tuesday mentioned his get together would demand a probe into the demolition of shanties within the space. “Action was taken by PMC and BJP is ruling in PMC, so they are responsible for anti-encroachment drive carried out by civil administration,” Raut mentioned.
He claimed that no consultant of the ruling BJP has visited the spot. Raut mentioned, “The mayor should have gone and stopped when the action was going on.” The minister mentioned that anti-encroachment drive in monsoon is improper and it’s unacceptable to take action within the occasion of a pandemic, when the poor had been already struggling to earn their livelihood.
Hundreds of police personnel together with PMC officers had been deployed to demolish the slums close to Dandekar Bridge on Thursday.
He demanded a probe into the position of the builder who served notices to the slum dwellers. “Women residents were mistreated by those carrying out the anti-encroachment operation,” Raut claimed.
The minister mentioned that he’ll talk about the problem with senior get together leaders in order that it may be taken up with the state authorities. When identified that the BJP had claimed that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar had supported the anti-encroachment drive, he mentioned, “Only a probe can reveal who was behind the anti-encroachment drive…”.
A complete of 130 huts, together with Ambil Odha, had been demolished by the civil administration final week, citing the necessity to take away encroachments alongside the stream, which regularly brought about flooding. The operation was suspended after a neighborhood court docket put a keep on it and the state authorities additionally ordered a direct halt to the proceedings.
PMC has supplied momentary lodging to the residents who’ve misplaced their home within the anti-encroachment drive.
Meanwhile, the ruling BJP has claimed that town administration didn’t take it into confidence earlier than the marketing campaign because it was performed below strain from the Deputy Chief Minister.
NCP MP Supriya Sule met the affected residents after protesting outdoors the civic headquarters on Monday. He urged them to have interaction in dialogue on the problem with the municipal commissioner and district collector however the protesters refused to take action.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
