Saturday, June 4, 2011

[rti4empowerment] Such Poor Quality Conservation By Heritage Experts

Hello all,

What is this

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2011060420110604034323535407b63c1/BMC-cant-keep-mayors-office-dry-What-hope-do-you-have.html

Such ridiculous quality has to be thoroughly investigated.

The so called conservation professional who was appointed for this has to answer for this, because its not only the fake and false heritage facade which is to be done, but the entire building should have been repaired.

All those who appointed the professional consultant, those who approved the bills, and those who on the heritage committee are liable, not only the contractor who has done the work.

Of course each one will blame the other, and no one will be held accountable.

Thanqx.

Jagdeep DESAI

Architect

Secretary

Founder Trustee

Forum for Improving quality of Life in Mumbai Suburbs

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BMC can't keep mayor's office dry. What hope do you have?

An hour into the first serious showers of the season, the heritage building was flooded. So much for the civic body's rain-readiness

Geeta Desai

Posted On Saturday, June 04, 2011 at 03:43:17 AM

If you have let BMC's no-flooding-this-monsoon promises wash with you, these pictures should serve as a warning.

1 Mirror reporter splish-splashes her way through the second floor that houses the municipal secretary's administrative department, heritage conservation department and the labour office.

2 The flooded corridor outside Mayor Shraddha Jadhav's first floor office. Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar sits on the same floor, not very far from Jadhav's chamber.

3 A leaking roof on the first floor outside the Corporation Hall where all important meetings are held.

These scenes were recorded by this Mirror reporter around 9.30 pm on Friday, an hour or so after it began raining. By then, reports were already coming in of flooding at several areas in Dadar, Mahim, Matunga, Bandra-Khar Linking Road and Hindmata.

But for a municipal corporation that can't fix its own house these reports mustn't have come as a surprise?

Since Mayor's office was locked, there was no way to find out the extent of damage inside. Mumbai Mirror found that there was extensive leakage from the floor above. Paint from the ceiling had peeled off and water was seeping in.

When this paper contacted Subodh Kumar, who has been claiming that BMC is rain ready, he said: "I will ask the city engineer to inspect the floors and report to me. If the repairs are not done properly, I will take a serious note of the same."

Mayor Shraddha Jadhav was surprised on hearing about the leakage. "I will see to it that the contractor who has carried out the renovation work foots the bill for repairs.

This is a heritage building and it was extremely essential that repairs should have been carried out well. I am appalled," she said.

Additional Municipal Commissioner Aseem Kumar Gupta was also taken by surprise. "I will send officers from disaster management cell to check the building.

Raju Shinde

The flooding at the mayor's office Water-logging at King's Circle

As for water logging in the city, drains and nullahs have been cleaned satisfactorily. But in the first showers dirt and garbage from the roads flows into drains resulting in temporary chokes."

The BMC headquarters underwent extensive renovations recently.

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